[AstroPy] Buridan's ass-----what combo should I choose?

[gonghang.naoc]

Hi Tom, Erik,
Thank you both. Glad to hear there is a simple choice. I will stick with
Anaconda.
best
hang


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Erik Bray <embray at stsci.edu> wrote:

> On 08/13/2014 02:53 AM, Thomas Robitaille wrote:
> > Hi Hang,
> >
> > I doubt you will get a single answer here, but I think Anaconda is now
> > widely thought to be a good solution for a generic Scientific Python
> > installation, but Ureka is probably what you want since you also want
> IRAF:
> >
> > http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/
> >
> > http://ssb.stsci.edu/ureka/1.4.1/docs/components.html
>
> As an aside, you also listed separately Numpy, SciPy, EPD, Ureka, and
> Anaconda.
>
> First of all EPD no longer exists as such and now is called Canopy.  All of
> Canopy, Anaconda, and Ureka are standalone scientific Python
> *distributions*,
> each with their own copies of Python itself, Numpy, SciPy, and many other
> popular packages.  In principle they can all coexist on your system,
> though if
> you have to ask I'd recommend deciding which one best suits your needs and
> sticking with just the one.
>
> As Tom said, if you need IRAF you should use Ureka, as it's the only
> scientific
> Python distribution developed specifically for the Astronomy community and
> that
> includes IRAF and Pyraf.  Full disclosure: I work for STScI which is the
> primary
> contributor to Ureka, but I don't personally have much connection to the
> project
> and don't use it personally.  I hear it works pretty well though.
>
> Erik
>
> >
> > gonghang.naoc wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> I reinstalled my system just now. The previsous system had a mess of
> >> python modules with chaotic dependency. Could somebody please give me a
> >> simple list to instll? Potentially I need numpy,scipy,epd,
> >> ureka,iraf,pyraf, anaconda or somethig else which you can suggest.
> >>
> >> A simple and versatile combo is the best.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> best
> >>
> >> hang
> >>
> >>
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