Installing matplotlib on Windows
In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to install Python and start working with matplotlib installation. We assume Python was not previously installed.
Getting ready
There are two ways of installing matplotlib on Windows. The easiest way is by installing prepackaged Python environments, such as EPD, Anaconda, SageMath, and Python(x,y). This is the suggested way to install Python, especially for beginners.
The second way is to install everything using binaries of precompiled matplotlib and required dependencies. This is more difficult as you have to be careful about the versions of NumPy and SciPy you are installing, as not every version is compatible with the latest version of matplotlib binaries. The advantage ...
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