To install on Linux download either of the following EPD 8 installers:
- epd_free-8.0-beta-linux-x86.sh, epd_free-8.0-beta-linux-x86_64.sh (160MB) - The EPD Free installer, which includes the GUI, plus 30 of the most popular Python packages. These packages are free to everyone. EPD subscribers can install additional packages from the EPD repository.
- epd-8.0-beta-linux-x86.sh, epd-8.0-beta-linux-x86_64.sh (400MB) - The full EPD installer includes all of EPD Free plus over 100 additional Python packages bundled into the installer. This installer is only available to EPD subscribers.
EPD subscribers may choose either installer. The EPD Free installer is smaller to download and allows subscribers to install additional Python packages, using the EPD 8 Package Manager or the enpkg command line utility. Subscribers have full access to the EPD Python Package repository. The full EPD installer is provided as a convenience for subscribers who wish to download the full set of packages at once.
Both the free and full installers are available in 32-bit (“x86”) and 64-bit (“x86_64”) versions. On 32-bit machines, you must use a 32-bit installer. On 64-bit machines, you can often use either, but we recommend that you use a 64-bit installer. The reason is that many 64-bit Linux distributions do not include the necessary 32-bit compatibility libraries by default so the 32-bit version will fail to run.
EPD 8 for Linux is distributed as a self-extracting shell script. Once the file is downloaded the install can be started by executing the following command (or similar, depending on version):
bash epd_free-8.0-beta-linux-x86.sh
The installer will present the EPD End User License Agreement for approval. If you agree to the license, the next prompt is for the installation location. The default installation location is ~/EPD_8.0.
Once EPD is installed, the GUI can be launched by executing the EPD application from the application directory. If EPD is installed in ~/EPD_8.0, type:
~/EPD_8.0/EPD
The installation process wraps up with the installation of the user Python environment, described here, the first time the GUI application is started.