Software tutorial/Software installation

	MATLAB	Python
Installation	MATLAB is already installed on the university lab machines. If you have purchased the student version, then please follow the installation instructions that accompany it.	Here are some instructions, specific to this course for Windows users that want to use Python for the course. Linux and Mac users: Python is already installed with your operating system, however, please speak to me and I can help you customize it, as required for this course. Python is an open source software. Because of this, various groups have "packaged" the official Python distribution to meet certain needs. For example: The official (reference) Python distribution: http://python.org Enthought Python distribution: http://www.enthought.com/epd IronPython: http://ironpython.net/ JPython: http://www.jython.org/ However, for this course, we will use the Python version as distributed from http://www.pythonxy.com/, and called Python(X,Y). Feature Official website http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/ Latest version 2.6.5.3 Official download page Link Faster download link From McMaster webserver [455 Mb] Run the software installation after downloading the installation file from the above link, run the program. The default installation options are perfect for this course. It can take quite a while to install. Continue with the official course software tutorial to learn how to use Python.