Installing matplotlib via ActivePython
The first way to install the matplotlib
module is via ActivePython
. We install ActivePython
first and then install matplotlib
. In the process of installing matplotlib
, NumPy
would be installed as well since matplotlib
depends on both NumPy
and SciPy
. The whole procedure has four steps as follows:
Choose an appropriate executable file to download.
For Windows, navigate to All Programs | Accessories, and then click on Command Prompt. You will see the following window:
After going to the appropriate directory, such as
C:\Python27
, typepypm install matplotlib
as shown in the following screenshot:
The matplotlib
module depends on both NumPy
and SciPy
. Since the NumPy
module will be installed automatically when we install matplotlib
, we need to install SciPy
; see the following similar procedure:
To launch Python, navigate to All Programs | ActivateStateActive Python, and then click on IDLE (Python GUI)...