Dependencies
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Python >= 2.5
NumPy >= 1.4.0 
SciPy >= 0.7

Optional Dependencies
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Matplotlib is needed for plotting functionality and running many of the examples

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/

To build the documentation you will need Sphinx

http://sphinx.pocoo.org/

The documentation is available online as mentioned below.

To run the test suite you will need nose

http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/


Easy Install
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To get the latest release using easy_install you need setuptools (easy_install)

http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall

Then you can do (with proper permissions)

easy_install -U scikits.statsmodels

Ubuntu/Debian
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On (X)ubuntu you can get dependencies through

sudo apt-get install python python-setuptools python-numpy python-scipy

You may install with easy_install, from source as mentioned below, or 
from the NeuroDebian repository: http://neuro.debian.net

Installing from Source
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Download and extract the source distribution from PyPI or github

PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/scikits.statsmodels
Github: https://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels/archives/master

Or clone the bleeding edge code from our repository on github at

https://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels

In the statsmodels directory do (with proper permissions)

python setup.py install

For the 0.3.0 release, there is some code written using Cython. If you have
a C compiler, you can do

python setup.py --with-cython
python setup.py install

Documentation
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You may find more information about the project and installation in our 
documentation

http://statsmodels.sourceforge.net/