Install_Python

This class requires python and the python packages matplotlib, pandas, LDA, and textblob 

For Windows 
if you have the space, download Anaconda. It comes with IDLE, Pandas,Matplotlib, and an installer for the other packages.
https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html#regular-installation

This is by far the easiest option for Windows users.

If you don't have enough space download Miniconda or download pip for windows, then download pandas and matplotlib 

For Mac OS
You do not need to install Anaconda. But you can
https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html#regular-installation
This will install all the packages you need, but also alot you don't. It requires a lot of space. 

Python 2 comes pre-installed on Mac OS
You can check to see if pip is installed in the command line. 
$ pip -V
or 
$ which pip 

If pip is not installed see: 
https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#installing-with-get-pip-py

TLDR; do the following commands in the command line:
$ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
$ python get-pip.py
$ sudo easy_install pip


To install pandas, Matplotlib, or other packages: 
$ sudo pip install pandas