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Setting Up Python

We recommend using a Python virtualenv for any Python-based analytics tools. Python 3 ships with virtualenv by default, however if it is missing in your environment you can install it with your package manager or using pip:

pip3 install virtualenv

Setting Up a Python Virtual Environment

Create an new empty directory for your Python environment and cd into it:

mkdir my-python-env
cd my-python-env

If you do not yet have it, install Python 3 locally:

brew install python3

Set up a Python virtual environment

This step is only required once, when you first create the virtual environment NOTE: if you have multiple versions of python 3+ installed, you will need to use version 3.6 or greater for the following command (i.e. python3.7 instead of python3):

python3 -m venv venv

You can now start your virtual environment with:

. venv/bin/activate

You will now see a (venv) at the front of your terminal prompt This lets you know that you're using this virtual environment

Now update Python tools and install the libraries used by the various python tools:

pip install --upgrade setuptools pip
pip install pandas==0.23.4
pip install sqlalchemy==1.2.18
pip install pyhive[presto]

You can exit the venv any time with:

#+begin_src ssh deactivate #+begin_src