Installing Python and its necessary libraries to create graphs

If from the Create Graphs form with Python selected you click the Generate Graphs button, and either Python or the Python libraries Matplotlib and Pandas are not installed or accessible for the computer user then the following message will be displayed.

Figure 1: This message appears when the user attempts to generate Python graphs using the Platemaker Wizard but the user does not have access to either Python or the libraries Matplotlib and/or Pandas.

You can install a copy of Python on your computer using this link

https://www.python.org/downloads/

Once Python is installed, you can either use the Install Python Libraries button to install the required Python libraries (Figure 1) or the user can manually install the two necessary libraries listed in by going to the Windows Start Menu and typing the command “cmd”

This will open up a Windows command window. Next type the following two commands:

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C:\>pip install matplotlib

Followed by the <Enter> key, and

C:\>pip install pandas

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