Install Python on Ubuntu Linux
How to install Python on Linux
to update all installed packages
sudo apt-get update
to install python version 3.4
sudo apt-get install python3.4
How to install Python on a Linux server without root
download python 3
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.1/Python-3.5.1.tgz
or python 2
wget --no-check-certificate https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/Python-2.7.8.tgz
decompress
tar -xzf Python-3.5.1.tgz
run 'configure' and define your install directory (adapt path to your directory of read-write access)
cd Python-3.5.1
./configure prefix=/home/user/python
make install
add your Python path in ~/.bashrc
export PYTHONPATH=/home/user/python/bin:$PYTHONPATH
export PATH=/home/user/python/bin:$PATH
or, run python using full path
/home/user/python/bin/python3.5
# install the package NumPy
python -m pip install NumPy
Alternative: Anaconda Python distribution
includes most popular Python packages
doesn’t require root admin permissions
https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/
Installing setuptools (easy_install)
Not recommended anymore, better use pip!
# download and install setuptools (add your local python path)
wget --no-check-certificate https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -O - | /home/user/python/bin/python3
run easy_install for installing packages 'numpy' and 'Bio'-python
/home/user/python/bin/easy_install numpy
/home/user/python/bin/easy_install -f http://biopython.org/DIST/ biopython