Installing an Algorithmic Trading Research Environment using Ubuntu and Python

Explains how to install Ubuntu 13.04 on Virtualbox (using a Mac OSX system) with Python to create an algorithmic trading research environment. Includes the following libraries:

* NumPy/SciPy
* Matplotlib/IPython
* Pandas/Scikit-learn

[luisfernandovalenzuelapein]

With your terminal open:
15:22 sudo apt-get -y update
16:42 sudo apt-get -y upgrade
23:12 sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev python2.7-dev build-essential liblapack-dev libblast-dev
25:21 sudo pip install numpy
26:20 troubleshooting
28:35 sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran 
29:40 sudo pip install scipy
31:37 test scipy is working
32:50 sudo apt-get install libpng-dev libjpeg8-dev libfreetype6-dev
33:45 sudo pip install matplotlib
35:11 sudo pip install -U scikit-learn
36:10 sudo pip install pandas
38:15 check if pandas and scikit-learn installed successfuly
39:12 sudo pip install ipython
39:30 sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-gui libqt4-dev
40:56 sudo apt-get install libzmq-dev
41:13 sudo pip install pyzmq
41:43 sudo pip install pygments
41:53 ipython qtconsole --pylab=inline
Have fun! :)

[JoshiaSeam]

If you don't want to go through the hassle of installing the scientific computing packages, you can install anaconda python. It has all the scientific computing libraries pre-installed.

[saptakbanerjee]

why did you guys stop posting. This is golden content

[faridullahkhan]

Thank you so much for this video and looking forward to more goodies :) been following you site and also waiting for your book. keep up the good work 

[erdemkarakoylu]

Fantastic stuff, much appreciated. However, I still don't understand why you bother installing ubuntu since you're on a mac, given the machine's unix backbone. I agree with you on the superiority of the command line. But what's the issue with just using osx's terminal?

[quantstart]

Thanks Pranav. I'm working on some other videos at the moment, so will be posting those soon.

[Lanz-hjyt]

hello great video, i get a problem at the "sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-gui libqt4-dev" command and i notice that the libqt4-dev doesn't work, basically i cannot get ipython to work, what shall i do? 

[benniedewaal]

is it using more bandwidth to use ubunto or none at all?

[marcusgallegos]

"Package libzmq-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source." Any ideas?

[Rbrasil]

QuantStart Is there an advantage to having this installed on Ubuntu rather than the mac os?

[amberfm]

Can we use the same install the same packages directly on Windows with the need to use VM?