Install igraph for Python on Ubuntu 14.04
Jul 29, 2014
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In this post I will describe installing python-igraph on Ubuntu 14.04, using the default Python 2.7. Previously I wrote a (long) post about how to Install Python packages on Ubuntu 14.04 , which provides lots of detail about how I approach Python package installation. In particular, I use pip and install as a user. Of course, you can do otherwise.
On Ubuntut 14.04
python-igraph
requires
build-essential and
python-dev packages to be instaleld.
I detail how to install these in the Ubuntu dependencies
section of the
Install Python packages on Ubuntu 14.04
post. Assuming
that these dependencies are satisfied, the install command is:
$ pip install --user python-igraphIf you haven't previously compiled the c-core there will be lots of compiling. Once done, you should get a note about successful installation, and information about the install is available using:
$ pip show python-igraph
---
Name: python-igraph
Version: 0.7
Location: /home/cstrelioff/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Requires:
Of potential interest is the igraph start script. This
script will start IPython or IDLE
(if available) and import igraph into
the main namespace.