Each student should end up with a bundle of softwares which are needed in the mandatory courses of the Cogmaster.
You migh skip the Atom install if and only if you are already used to an advanced text editor as wim, emacs, sublimetext. Microsoft Office Word, LibreOffice and other document formatting softwares are not text editors.
The only slot in the schedule dedicated to installation of softwares is on Wednesday 2 September from 9:00 to 12:00. We will not answer installation questions during the following AIP lectures. We will not try to solve your problems if you were not attending on Wednesday morning. If you don’t have a computer yet, tell us after the AIP presentation on Monday 31 August.
Backup your computer on monday evening.
Installation procedures are currently being tested on Windows (7 64bits), MacOS (10.9 Maverick), and debian-based linux. We have have few years of experience with installations on various Operating System versions, but there is always some computers on which the usual procedures and fixes fail. We will try our best, if it happens to you, please be patient.
Some installations will require an internet access, thus don’t forget to bring your login and password for the ENS wifi on wednesday morning.
Installation procedures will be put online on Tuesday. Links will be provided to download the installation files from the internet. Try much as possible to download the software installers on your computer Tuesday evening: it will save us some time on Wednesday morning because the network at the ENS is usually slow and we will have only few USB sticks with the software installers.
If you are using a debian-based Linux such as Ubuntu, most of the installations will be made with apt, it is way safer to try the installation at your home if you have a decent internet connection than Wednesday at the ENS.
Select the installation instructions for your operating system:
Linux
Mac OS
Windows
Follow carefully the instructions step by step, not skipping any. If something does not work as expected, stop there and ask for our help. It is much easier to prevent a misinstallation than to repare it.
Once the installation on your computer completed, you can browse the documents in the ressource folder
Save target as, and select an appropriate directory, for example the default Downloads folder.Open the Folder or open an explorer (windows key + e) and go to your Downloads folderYes button.Next Button and accepting default parameters (note in which directory the program will be installed) until you have to click on the Finish button.Finish, you should see the program running and you coud reopen it using the desktop Scratch icon. Alternatively, you can open an explorer, go to the directory in which the program was installed and double click on the Scratch icon.Download Windows Installer button on [http://atom.io]AtomSetup.exeNext button).Sign up for Github buttonDownload GitHub Desktop button.Downloads folder and double click on the “GitHubSetup.exe” filelogin, then your email and click on Continueif you have trouble with the anaconda installation that we told you we cannot solve, here is a link to the Christophe Gohlke 64bits modules [http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pygame]
Downloads folder and double click on the “Anaconda-X.X.X-Windows-” fileJust Me (recommended), then click on NextNextInstallFinishAll the programs and then the Anaconda (64-bit) folder, what you are looking for is the IPython (Py 2.7) entry. Click there (and not the IPython (Py 2.7) Notebook nor the IPython (Py 2.7) QTConsole).[ ] in just after the $ sign, type each of those lines one by one followed by a stroke on the enter key
import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from scipy import stats x=np.arange(-5,5,.1) y=stats.norm.pdf(x) plt.plot(x,y) plt.show()[ ] close the ipython shell by typing quit() or the keyboard shortcut ctrl + D
All the programs and then the Anaconda folder, then on Anaconda Command PromptEnter key: sh conda install conda You have to type it where a little rectangle is blinking (this is the “prompt”), after something that looks like C:Users\your_name\AppData\Local\continuum\Anaconda> You will see some text messages during the installation of some python modules, don’t worry!Procced ([y]/n), press on the Enter key (because yes is the default)[ ] when you are back to the blinking little rectangle, type this text, then press the Enter key: conda install -c https://conda.binstar.org/krisvanneste pygame
[ ] When the installation of pygame is over, you can even type exit and press on Enter to close the window, how spooky!
All the programs and then the Anaconda folder, then on Ipython (Py 2.7) QTConsole[ ] after the “IPython window” has opened, you can copy and paste the following seven lines just after the In [1]:, then press twice on Enter
import pygame
pygame.init()
w=pygame.display.set_mode([300,300])
w.fill([128,37,213])
pygame.display.flip()
pygame.time.wait(3000)
pygame.quit()ctrl+D to quit the ipython consoleWindows icon (or just press the Windows key on your keyboard), then on All the programs and then the Anaconda folder, then on Anaconda Command Prompt[ ] at the prompt, type the following text then press on Enter python Lib\site-packages\pygame\examples\chimp.py
You should be able to play a silly game, including sound (make sure the sound is on, but not too loud).
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Finder next to the Apple logo on the top left corner of your screen, then on Preferences, then the Side Bar check the first unchecked box under DEVICES, close the Finder Preferences window.Application folder and the to the Utilities subfolder, grab the Terminal icon and put it on the second place on your “Dock”, right next to the Finder icon.Terminal icon you just placed in the “Dock”.[ ] In this window copy and paste the following text then press on the Enter key (from now on this will be called executing a command in the terminal) xcode-select --install
[ ] This should make a window pop up to ask you if you want to install the “Command Line Tools”, answer Yes, and wait until completion of the installation
Download XQuartz-2.7.7.dmg from [http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/]
Continue and Agree until you can click on InstallSign up for Github buttonDownload GitHub Desktop button.Downloads folder.zip archive if neededGitHub Desktop iconOpen button at the security pop up windowMove to Application FolderContinueSign up, then on ContinueInstall Command Line Tools, then on the pop-up window, type down your mac account password and click on Install HelperOK upon completion of the Helper installContinue on the “Welcome to GitHub Desktop”Done### Atom
Download the Atom installer by clicking on the big red Download For Mac button on [http://atom.io]
Install as usual
Enjoy!
Downloads folder from the DockApplications folder in the pop-up windowApplications folder from the DockScratch1.4 folderScratch.app icon[ ] Go to [http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/] and download either the “R-3.2.2.pkg” or the “R-3.2.1-snowleopard.pkg” depending on the version of your OS (check About this mac on the apple menu on the top left of your screen if needed).
[ ] download RStudio-0.99.473.dmg from https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/ or an appropriate older version from [https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/206569407-Older-Versions-of-RStudio-Desktop]
Apple icon again, then on “About This Mac” window, now click on “More info…” and in the window that opens up seek the “Processor Name” entry in the “Hardware Overview”. If it says “PowerPC”, “Intel Core Solo” or “Intel Core Duo”, then stop right there before doing anything else, because you will need to wait until the Wednesday install party to get a different version of Python.[ ] alternatively, open a terminal and type the following text, then press on the Enter key sysctl hw.cpu64bit_capable The output tells you if your processor can get huge instruction sets
| architecture | output | so what ? |
|---|---|---|
| 64 bits | 1 | Carry on |
| 32 bits | 0 | Stop right now |
[ ] If and only if your mac pass these tests, you can carry on.
Downloads folder and double click on the file Anaconda-X.X.X-MacOSX-x86_64.pkg in order to start the installation.Continue several times and agree on licence terms until the installation is completed, if at some point you see the error “You cannot install Anaconda in this location”, then just click on Install for me only and you should be able to continue.Close buttonipython-notebook and ipython-qtconsole are installed (their icon should be Update | Lauch), otherwise, click on Install buttons.Terminal application from your “Dock”$ sign, type ipython then press on the Enter key in order to lauch a ipython interpreter[ ] in the ipython shell, type each of those lines one by one followed by enter
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy import stats
x=np.arange(-5,5,.1)
y=stats.norm.pdf(x)
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.show()quit() or the keyboard shortcut ctrl + D[ ] you are now back to the command line in the Terminal application.
Warning Now the Mac python install procedure starts to be tricky, if you don’t feel confident with typing commands in a terminal, of if you’d like to sleep, stop rigth now, we will carry on tomorrow morning.
Otherwise, stay up for some more fun with the terminal!
[ ] in a terminal, copy paste or type this command: ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
[ ] if you ever have an error about certificates using curl, execute the two following commands and restart the “Homebrew” install of the previous step export CURL_CA_BUNDLE=/usr/local/curl/ curl http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem -o cacert.pem
[ ] once the installation is over type in the terminal brew doctor
[ ] when the doctor gave you its check-up diagnosis, it should tell you that your system is ready for brewing stuff or something similar
IF THERE IS SOME CRITICAL ERROR AND NOT JUST WARNINGS, STOP THE INSTALLATION PROCESS NOW AND ASK US WHAT TO DO
[ ] If and only if the doctor gave its green light, you can Now close (by typing exit and then closing the windows with the cmd+W key stroke combination) all your instances of the terminal application, quit the application cmd+Q and relaunch it.
brew install sdl sdl_image sdl_mixer sdl_ttf portmidi[ ] In a terminal, execute conda install conda
Procced ([y]/n), press on the Enter key (because yes is the default[ ] wait
conda install -c http://conda.binstar.org/quasiben pygameProcced ([y]/n), press on the Enter key (because yes is the default[ ] in a terminal, type ipython qtconsole
In [1]:, then press twice on Enter import pygame pygame.init() w=pygame.display.set_mode([300,300]) w.fill([128,37,213]) pygame.display.flip() pygame.time.wait(3000) pygame.quit()ctrl+D to quit the ipython console[ ] to further check the installation, in a Terminal window, type: python ~/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/examples/chimp.py You should be able to play a silly game, including sound (make sure the sound is on, but not too loud).
You must be connected to the Internet!
Execute the following commands: 1. Download and install
sudo apt-get install python2.7
sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib python-pandas
sudo apt-get install ipython ipython-notebook
sudo apt-get install python2.7-doc python2.7-examples
sudo apt-get install python-numpy-doc python-matplotlib-doc
sudo apt-get install ipython-doc
sudo apt-get install python-pygameipython in order to lauch a ipython interpreter import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy import stats
x=np.arange(-5,5,.1)
y=stats.norm.pdf(x)
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.show()[ ] exit the ipython shell by typing quit() or the keyboard shortcut ctrl + D
[ ] then you are back to the terminal shell where you can install pygame
iceweasel /usr/share/doc/python2.7-doc/html/index.html
and
iceweasel /usr/share/doc/python-pygame/index.hml
sudo apt-get install git-coregit config --global user.name "your_user_name"
git config --global user.email your_email@example.comsudo apt-get install scratchscratchYou should see a new window, where you should be able to grab and move the little mascot.
Instructions to install R are available here: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html#installation
lsb_release -daYou should see an output like this one:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description : Debian GNU/Linux 7.8 (wheezy)
Release: 7.8
Codename: wheezy/etc/apt/sources.listsudo sh -c 'echo deb http://cran.univ-paris1.fr/bin/linux/debian wheezy-cran3/ >> /etc/apt/sources.list'For Ubuntu, you migh have to leave out the -cran3 after the version codename
sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://cran.univ-paris1.fr/bin/linux/ubuntu vivid/ >> /etc/apt/sources.list'sudo apt-get update.deb installer for Debian/Ubuntu. If your system is not that recent, go to [https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/206569407-Older-Versions-of-RStudio-Desktop] to find the appropriate installer file.sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-core r-base-html sudo apt-get install libjpeg62
sudo dpkg -i rstudio-X.XX.XXX-amd64.debrstudio in a console to lauch the R interpretersudo apt-get install atomBut if you are using linux, you might already be using a decent text editor and thus won’t need Atom.