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Download the latest tar.gz from the featured downloads.
tar xzf sympy-*.tar.gz
Follow the installation instructions below or the README located in the newly created sympy directory.
You can also download it from the Python Package Index, either downloading the
source (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/sympy) or running pip install sympy.
You can access all the previous (and other) downloads from the [[Google Code downloads page|http://code.google.com/p/sympy/downloads/list]].
This is useful if the latest release do not work for you for some reason.
To get the git repository, use: git clone git://github.com/sympy/sympy.git.
This can be run locally using ./bin/isympy. To install globally, follow the
instructions in the README file.
And you can also access the git repository on the web: https://github.com/sympy/sympy
SymPy is in Debian Lenny and later. The SymPy versions in Debian can be seen here: http://packages.debian.org/python-sympy
With current stable sources, you can install sympy by running:
apt-get install python-sympy
SymPy is in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) and later. The SymPy versions in Ubuntu can be seen here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/python-sympy.
With current versions, you can install sympy by running:
apt-get install python-sympy
SymPy is available in the portage tree. To install SymPy run:
emerge -av dev-python/sympy
The SymPy versions in Gentoo can be seen here: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/sympy.
You can get it using the Build Service: or using zypper:
zypper ar
zypper in python-sympy
SymPy is in SAGE 2.7 and later.
Download the latest windows installer from the [[featured Google Code downloads|http://code.google.com/p/sympy/downloads/list?q=label:Featured]] and execute it. There is one known issue with missing MSVCR71.dll, but SymPy works fine.
An alternative for Mac OS X users is to use the Fink package manager system.
You can install sympy by typing fink install sympy-py27. Replace py27 with
whatever version of Python you want to use. The most recent version available
is recommended. Do fink list sympy to see all available options.
To install SymPy from source, after downloading and unpacking the archive,
enter the sympy directory and run the usual:
python setup.py install
You can use SymPy without installing. The prefered method is to use the isympy executable found in the ./bin folder.
$ ./bin/isympy
Python 2.4.4 console for SymPy 0.5.8-hg. These commands were executed:
>>> from __future__ import division
>>> from sympy import *
>>> x, y, z = symbols('xyz')
>>> k, m, n = symbols('kmn', integer=True)
>>> f = Function("f")
>>> Basic.set_repr_level(2) # pretty print output; Use "1" for python output
>>> pprint_try_use_unicode() # use unicode pretty print when available
In [1]: integrate(x*sin(x), x)
Out[1]: -x*cos(x) + sin(x)
In [2]: Integral(x**2 * sin(x), x)
Out[2]:
⌠
⎮ 2
⎮ x *sin(x) dx
⌡
You can also use SymPy in an interactive Python shell going to the unpacked directory and running:
$ python
Python 2.4.4 (#2, Aug 16 2007, 02:03:40)
[GCC 4.1.3 20070812 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-15)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sympy
>>>
Test that SymPy works:
>>> from sympy import Symbol, cos
>>> x = Symbol('x')
>>> e = 1/cos(x)
>>> print e.series(x, 0, 10)
1 + (1/2)*x**2 + (5/24)*x**4 + (61/720)*x**6 + (277/8064)*x**8 + O(x**10)
To run the full SymPy test suite, run ./setup.py test in the sympy
directory. Note: you only need the standard Python 2.5 (or newer) to run all
tests. If it fails work, please report the problem to the [[issue
tracker|http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list]].