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Otherwise, we HIGHLY recommend installing EPD Python2.7, 32-bit. (Note this is different from the version of Python suggested in the "Modeling Linear Optimization Problems with PulP" session. This is a stable-version of Python that ships with lots and lots of packages already installed, including most numerical and scientific packages you'd ever want to use as a researcher. See http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php
for details. The total installation is a little large (because it has so many packages), but most of the stuff is pretty useful. It is also the simplest way to get all the dependencies right.
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While it is possible to install CVXOPT from a binary as described above, we have not tested/tried this. Any experience from users who are willing to try is are welcome in the comments section.
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