cloud_setup_tutorial

# run this file by typing in the terminal: 
# sed -i -e 's/\r\+$//' cloud_setup_tutorial
# source cloud_setup_tutorial

# update packages on the linux/ubuntu system
# sudo = gives admin privilages for the command
# apt = the name of the package manager for linux/ubuntu
# update = update the package
# -y = if the commands prompts for permissions, answer "yes"
sudo apt update -y

# install python3
sudo apt install python3 python3-dev python3-venv -y

# install the package wget so that you can easily download files from the web
sudo apt-get install wget -y

# download a few extra packages - this is optional -> sometimes some scientific python packages will necessitate to compile stuff and these packages will be useful
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev -y

# install pip --> python package manager
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

# create a folder
mkdir code

# move to that folder and make a results folder
cd code
mkdir results

# create a python3 virtual enviroment
python3 -m venv venv

# activate that virtual enviroment
source venv/bin/activate

# download a list of typical data science/scientific packages
pip install numpy
pip install pandas
pip install matplotlib