Install python in user space

Page last updated on: 2019-10-22

The Linux system always comes with at least one pre-installed Python but you will find that you might need a different version of Python or more modules that system Python offers.

Miniconda allows users to install custom version of Python at user space. Different users can have different Pythons installed without interfering each other or interfering the system Python.

Download and install miniconda

https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html

Install commonly used modules

Science computing modules:

conda install numpy scipy matplotlib pandas

Jupyter notebook

conda install -c conda-forge jupyterlab

Additional package manager pip

conda install pip

Install Python IDE

There are so many good Python IDEs. PyCharm Community version is an IDE I use for my Python projects.

https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/

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Last update: 2019-10-22