I used Enthought’s python distribution as a graduate student for data analysis and really enjoyed it. But I’ve recently taken a job which takes away my ability to use it.
I prefer Python for initial scoping and cleaning the data, and R for the stats side. Part of the impetus for wanting this though, is trying out pandas. And other other part is I don’t have proper license (or the means to pay), which is clearly a problem.
So is there some other well put together easy to install Python distribution that I can get numpy, scipy, sci-kits, and all the other goodness?
On MacOSX, there is ScipySuperpack.
On Linux, there are… Linux distributions 🙂 If you want recent builds on Debian and Ubuntu I recommend: http://neuro.debian.net/