Thread: Chart in Python

Making a chart in Python?

There are a lot of Python libraries that can be utilized to create charts. Famous ones contain PyCha, matplotlib, Graphy, pygooglechart and google-chartwrapper. The last three are Python interface to the Google chart API.

If you have installed the easy_install package manager, search for "Chart" on the Python Package Index, choose a package that meets your required, and then install it by typing "easy_install [packagename]" on the command line. The installer will download and install the module and any linked pydoc files

If you create a module that is not listed in Package Index, you require installing it from source. Download the source records usually a .tar.gz file, uncompress it, and go behind the instructions in the "Install" or "Readme" file to create and install the module. Normally, this means issuing the command "python setup.py install" in the source straightly from an account with super user rights.