How to Install Scipy

Using the Python Package Index

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   Open the SciPy website in your internet browser. Type or paste https://www.scipy.org/ into the address bar, and press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard.
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   Click the Install button on the home page. This button looks like a downward green arrow on the blue-and-white SciPy icon. You can find it near the upper-left corner of the page.

   1. This will open the SciPy installation details on a new page.
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   Make sure Python is installed on your computer. SciPy is an open-source Python library, and requires a basic Python distribution installed on your system.

   1. If you don't have Python installed, you can select one of the recommended distributions under the "Scientific Python Distributions" heading, and install it to your computer.
   2. If you're not sure how to install Python, make sure to check out this article for detailed instructions on installing the core packages.
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   Open your computer's command prompt terminal. You can open the Command Prompt on Windows, Terminal on Mac, or your distribution's Terminal on Linux.
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   Type and run python -m pip install -U pip. This command will make sure the latest pip files are installed on your system to handle package managing tasks.

   1. Press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return to run the command.
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   Type and run pip install scipy in the command prompt. This will use the Python Package index, and install the core SciPy packages on your computer.

   1. You can also install other core packages like Numpy and Matplotlib by using the pip install numpy and pip install matplotlib commands.