1.1. Requirements

Prior to using PyPAGO, the user must install Python and the libraries that are listed in Table 1.1. These packages can be installed by using package managers (Synaptic, apt, macport, fink).

Table 1.1 List of the Python libraries used in PyPAGO

Library	Website
numpy	http://www.numpy.org/
matplotlib	http://matplotlib.org/
netCDF4	https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/
mpl_toolkits.basemap	http://matplotlib.org/basemap/

New Python users are invited to use the Anaconda Scientific Python distribution, which automatically installs Python and the most used libraries, among which numpy, matplotlib and netCDF4. The mpl_toolkits.basemap library, which is not included in the default Anaconda distribution, can be installed by using the conda command as follows:

conda install basemap