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NumPy Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Ivan Idris
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NumPy Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Ivan Idris

Overview of this book

<p>NumPy has the ability to give you speed and high productivity. High performance calculations can be done easily with clean and efficient code, and it allows you to execute complex algebraic and mathematical computations in no time.</p> <p>This book will give you a solid foundation in NumPy arrays and universal functions. Starting with the installation and configuration of IPython, you'll learn about advanced indexing and array concepts along with commonly used yet effective functions. You will then cover practical concepts such as image processing, special arrays, and universal functions. You will also learn about plotting with Matplotlib and the related SciPy project with the help of examples. At the end of the book, you will study how to explore atmospheric pressure and its related techniques. By the time you finish this book, you'll be able to write clean and fast code with NumPy.</p>
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
NumPy Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing PIL


PIL, the Python imaging library, is a prerequisite for the image processing recipes in this chapter. If you prefer, you can install Pillow, which is a fork of PIL. Some people prefer the Pillow API; however, we are not going to cover its installation in this book.

How to do it...

Let's see how to install PIL:

  • Installing PIL on Windows: Install PIL using the Windows executable from the PIL website at http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/.

  • Installing on Debian or Ubuntu: On Debian or Ubuntu, install PIL using the following command:

    $ sudo apt-get install python-imaging
    
  • Installing with easy_install or pip: At the time of writing this book, it appears that the package managers of Red Hat, Fedora, and CentOS do not have direct support for PIL. Therefore, follow this step if you are using one of these Linux distributions.

    Install with either of the following commands:

    $ easy_install PIL
    $ sudo pip install PIL
    

See also

  • Instructions for Pillow (a fork of PIL) can be found at http...