Beyond EPD Free
If you're currently using EPD Free, you know how easy it is to install and maintain a scientific Python environment with the Enthought Python Distribution. If you think you're ready to take it a step further, it may be time to consider the benefits of an EPD subscription.
Why subscribe to EPD?
- Access to additional install support and documentation
- Availablility of 64-bit Windows and MacOSX installers
- Support for Solaris and older Redhat 3 and 4 systems
- Fast linear algebra with an MKL backend for NumPy and SciPy
- Many more pre-configured packages, such as VTK, Mayavi, PyTables, MinGW (on Windows), Qt, PySide, Cython, basemap, netCDF4, h5py, Twisted, etc.
- Repository access for: easy updates and additional packages
- Standing invitation to all EPD Webinars, and access to an archive of slides, code, and recordings from each session
Upgrading from EPD Free to EPD
If you already have EPD Free installed on your system, it is simple to upgrade to the full EPD:
- 1. Subscribe to the repository. You will receive an email with your EPD username and password.
- 2. Tell the Enthought package manager
(which is already included in EPD Free), your username and password.
$ enpkg --userpass
You will be prompted to enter your username and password. - 3. Now you can do the actual upgrade, by typing:
$ enpkg epd
This might take a while depending on your network connection, but it will be faster than downloading the entire EPD, as you already have some packages installed.
That's it! Enjoy EPD!
