Complete Guide to set up Python Machine Learning Environment

This is the beginning of your Machine Learning journey with Python. We will learn how to set up a Python environment for Machine Learning step by step. First, we will learn how to install Python for Windows and mac followed by installing the Jupyter Notebook and then the Python libraries required for Machine Learning. Let us start with an interesting fact about Python.

Python was named after a famous TV show - ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ as the founder of Python - Guido van Rossum was a big fan of the TV show

Below is the step-wise guide on how to install Python for Windows.

Step1: Go to this link and download the suitable Python set up on your machine.

Step2: Once downloaded, click on the downloaded setup. The following window will open.

Check the Add Python 3.7 to PATH. You can also customize the installation by clicking on Customised installation. The following window will pop up if you click Customise installation.

Step3: Click Next to continue. After that, the following window will pop up.

Mark all the boxes as shown in the above image.

Step4: Click Install. The installation will take a few minutes.

Once the installation is done, go to the command prompt and type the following command to check the Python installation.

Command: python –version

Take a look at the picture below. Python 3.7 is successfully installed on your machine.

Now you have learned how to install Python on Windows, you can skip the next section if you are a Windows user.

You have to follow three simple steps to install Python for mac.

Step1: Install Homebrew from here.

Step2: Run the following command in the terminal.

Step3: It will take a few minutes to install Python3. Once done run the following command to check the installation.

Now, you are ready to move to the next stage.

Jupyter Notebook can be installed using pip, conda, mamba, pipenv, or docker.

We are going to use pip for installing the Jupyter Notebook.

If you are not having pip installed on your machine refer to this link for both windows and mac. 

The simple command to install Jupyter Notebook using pip is mentioned below.

Run this command to install Jupyter Notebook on your machine.

To run Jupyter Notebook on your machine use the following command.

This will redirect you to your web browser.

Click on New to make a new Python3 file that looks like this.

Read Jupter Notebook Documentation to learn how to use Jupyter Notebook.

Now, we have installed Python and Jupyter Notebook. Let's see how to install Python libraries for Machine Learning.

We are going to learn how to install Python libraries. All the libraries are installed in the same way using pip.

Similarly, you can install any Python library you need to build your machine learning project. These were the common ones that we covered in this article.

In this article, we learned how to set an environment for Machine Learning. By knowing how to install Python for Windows, Python for mac, Jupyter Notebook, and Python libraries. Now, you can build Machine Learning models on your machine with ease. 

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