Automation and Make: Setup

You need to download some files to follow this lesson:

1. Download make-lesson.zip.

2. Move make-lesson.zip into a directory which you can access via your bash shell.

3. Open a Bash shell window.

4. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file.

5. Unpack make-lesson.zip:

   $ unzip make-lesson.zip
   

6. Change into the make-lesson directory:

   $ cd make-lesson
   

You also need to have the following software installed on your computer to follow this lesson:

1. Python. Searching on installing python yields https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download which provides suggestions for windows, OS X, and several Linux distributions.

2. Numpy. See http://scipy.org/install.html

3. Matplotlib. See http://matplotlib.org/users/installing.html

Alternatively, you can use anaconda https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/ to install all of the necessary software without administrator privileges.