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Fix pythonxy link
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mdboom committed Aug 10, 2012
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Installing
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There are many different ways to install matplotlib, and the best
way depends on what operating system you are using, what you already
have installed, and how you want to use it. To avoid wading through
all the details (and potential complications) on this page, the
easiest thing for you to do is use one of the pre-packaged python
There are many different ways to install matplotlib, and the best way
depends on what operating system you are using, what you already have
installed, and how you want to use it. To avoid wading through all
the details (and potential complications) on this page, the easiest
thing for you to do is use one of the pre-packaged python
distributions that already provide matplotlib built-in. The Enthought
Python Distribution `(EPD)
<http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php>`_ for Windows, OS X or
Redhat is an excellent choice that "just works" out of the box.
Another excellent alternative for Windows users is `Python (x, y)
<http://www.pythonxy.com/foreword.php>`_ which tends to be updated a
bit more frequently. Both of these packages include matplotlib and
pylab, and *lots* of other useful tools. matplotlib is also packaged
for almost every major Linux distribution. So if you are on Linux,
your package manager will probably provide matplotlib prebuilt.
<http://www.pythonxy.com/>`_ which tends to be updated a bit more
frequently. Both of these packages include matplotlib and pylab, and
*lots* of other useful tools. matplotlib is also packaged for almost
every major Linux distribution. So if you are on Linux, your package
manager will probably provide matplotlib prebuilt.


Manually installing pre-built packages
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the different OSX version (e.g., 10.4 and 10.5). We recommend that you build
the way we do for the OSX release: get the source from the tarball or the
git repository and follow the instruction in :file:`README.osx`.

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