Installation

As described in the introduction, the Python compiler can be downloaded and installed directly from python.org. However, it will then be necessary to manually install the required libraries for engineering and scientific calculations. Hence, this way is not recommended. Please follow the instructions below, depending on your operating system:

Linux

In every Linux distribution Python is installed by default. Just make sure you have a proper package with Python 3 installed (e.g. in Ubuntu this is python3). You will also need some additional libraries: NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Pandas (python3-numpy, python3-scipy, python3-matplotlib, python3-pandas).

Windows

In Windows, the simplest solution is to install Anaconda environment, which already includes all the necessary libraries and a set of additional tools. Go to https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual#Downloads and download the installer.

After downloading the installer, run it. You can leave the default settings. However, I suggest that during installation you make sure that the All users and Register Anaconda as the system Python 3.11 options are checked.

After successful installation, new items will appear in the Start menu:

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