Libraries and installation

Before we begin, it is required that we install each library. There are two major methods of installing a library:

• We download the source code and build binaries by compiling the code
• We can directly download binaries and put them in relevant directories

While downloading pre-built binaries is a faster method, however, due to the difference of platforms or non-availability of binaries may force to build a library from source. If readers are using different OS then the mentioned in the following sections, they might come across such a situation. Once installed a library, it can be used with programs or other libraries. 

Since it is crucial to have libraries that are not affected by other installations, we will be using Python-based environments in most of the book. This helps in keeping track of libraries installed and also separates different environment if we would like to have multiple. Here environment refers to installed libraries with particular versions and their...