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6 | 6 | Installing |
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9 | | -There are many different ways to install matplotlib, and the best |
10 | | -way depends on what operating system you are using, what you already |
11 | | -have installed, and how you want to use it. To avoid wading through |
12 | | -all the details (and potential complications) on this page, the |
13 | | -easiest thing for you to do is use one of the pre-packaged python |
| 9 | +There are many different ways to install matplotlib, and the best way |
| 10 | +depends on what operating system you are using, what you already have |
| 11 | +installed, and how you want to use it. To avoid wading through all |
| 12 | +the details (and potential complications) on this page, the easiest |
| 13 | +thing for you to do is use one of the pre-packaged python |
14 | 14 | distributions that already provide matplotlib built-in. The Enthought |
15 | 15 | Python Distribution `(EPD) |
16 | 16 | <http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php>`_ for Windows, OS X or |
17 | 17 | Redhat is an excellent choice that "just works" out of the box. |
18 | 18 | Another excellent alternative for Windows users is `Python (x, y) |
19 | | -<http://www.pythonxy.com/foreword.php>`_ which tends to be updated a |
20 | | -bit more frequently. Both of these packages include matplotlib and |
21 | | -pylab, and *lots* of other useful tools. matplotlib is also packaged |
22 | | -for almost every major Linux distribution. So if you are on Linux, |
23 | | -your package manager will probably provide matplotlib prebuilt. |
| 19 | +<http://www.pythonxy.com/>`_ which tends to be updated a bit more |
| 20 | +frequently. Both of these packages include matplotlib and pylab, and |
| 21 | +*lots* of other useful tools. matplotlib is also packaged for almost |
| 22 | +every major Linux distribution. So if you are on Linux, your package |
| 23 | +manager will probably provide matplotlib prebuilt. |
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26 | 26 | Manually installing pre-built packages |
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254 | 254 | the different OSX version (e.g., 10.4 and 10.5). We recommend that you build |
255 | 255 | the way we do for the OSX release: get the source from the tarball or the |
256 | 256 | git repository and follow the instruction in :file:`README.osx`. |
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