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New Python distribution on PDC systems
Anaconda, a Python environment for data analysis and scientific computing is available on PDC's systems.
Anaconda is a Python distribution for data analysis and scientific computing. It provides more than one hundred Python packages including numpy, scipy, matplotlib, and IPython.
It is now available on all PDC systems and provides the Python interpreter in version 2.7.6 respective 3.3.3. There exist acceleration packages that can make use of Intel's MKL library as well as of acceleration by GPUs.
The environment can be used very easily. Just load the module and start the Python interpreter:
$ module load anaconda/py27/1.8 $ python Python 2.7.6 |Anaconda 1.8.0 (64-bit)| (default, Nov 11 2013, 10:47:18) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>
This distribution is especially interesting because it is free for academic users, and one can install it on desktop computers and laptops, wherever needed. The same work environment can be used everywhere.
Update 29.12.2013: A further Python distribution - Canopy - is available. Its module name is canopy/1.1.
2013-12-20 – Category: programming – Tags: pdc python