apple os to get started on os xyou must first install xcodewhich includes apple' suite of software development tools the necessary component for our purposes is the gcc and +compiler suite the xcode installer can be found on the os install dvd that came with your computer or downloaded from apple directly once you've installed xcodelaunch the terminal (terminal appby navigating to applications utilities type gcc and press enter you should hopefully see something likegcc -apple-darwin -gcc-no input files now you need to install epdfree download the installer which should be disk image named something like epd_free--macosx- dmg double-click the dmg file to mount itthen double-click the mpkg file inside to run the installer when the installer runsit automatically appends the epdfree executable path to your bash_profile file this is located at /users/your_unamebash_profilesetting path for epd_freepath="/library/frameworks/python framework/versions/current/bin:${path}export path should you encounter any problems in the following stepsyou'll want to inspect your bash_profile and potentially add the above directory to your path nowit' time to install pandas execute this command in the terminalsudo easy_install pandas searching for pandas reading reading reading best matchpandas downloading processing pandaszip writing /tmp/easy_install- mix /pandas-/setup cfg running pandas-/setup py - bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install- mix pandas-/egg-dist-tmp-rhlg adding pandas to easy-install pth file installed /library/frameworks/python framework/versions/ /lib/python site-packages/pandas--py -macosx- - egg processing dependencies for pandas finished processing dependencies for pandas to verify everything is workinglaunch ipython in pylab mode and test importing pandas then making plot interactivelyinstallation and setup www it-ebooks info