While I often use most of the packages listed below I only keep a few at the newest release (unless something breaks): ipython, numpy, scipy, matplotlib, and healpy. These packages often have very useful feature additions and bug fixes. The other packages are reasonably stable and thus I just keep the stable version. When I install new releases I will try and make notes if anything has changed in the corresponding posts so check near the end of posts for “Updates.”
All packages are installed using a prefix directory defined in the environmental variable EXTDIR. More information on he overall setup can be found here. Below is a list of the packages I have installed and written some brief instructions explaining how I went about the installation process:
The basic build order should be something like as follows:
