Introduction

Enthought, Inc. is a software company based in Austin, Texas, USA that develops scientific and analytic computing solutions using primarily the Python programming language. It is best known for the early development and maintenance of the SciPy library of mathematics, science, and engineering algorithms and for its Python for scientific computing distribution Enthought Canopy (formerly EPD).

The company was founded in 2001 by Travis Vaught and Eric Jones.

Usage

Notes

1. PATH Modification. If you use the Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) preferentially or exclusively over the standard Python distribution, consider modifying your PATH environment variable to place the EPD binary path before the utility binary path (the location of the standard Python distribution's binary). E.g.:
   • Make EPD Python my default python:

     
     % printenv PATH
     ... /util/epd/bin:/util/bin:...
     % source .cshrc
     % which python
     /util/epd/bin/python
     % where python
     /util/epd/bin/python
     /util/bin/python
     /usr/bin/python
     
     

   • Make the standard Python my default python:

     
     % printenv PATH
     ... /util/bin:/util/epd/bin:...
     % source .cshrc
     % which python
     /util/bin/python
     % where python
     /util/bin/python
     /util/epd/bin/python
     /usr/bin/python
     
     

2. Exit python with Ctrl-d

People

1. Jason Corso, instructor.
2. Kris Schindler, instructor.

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthought
2. http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php
3. http://www.enthought.com/products/edudownload.php