These instructions explain how to install the software needed for working with the M269 Jupyter notebooks. If you need help, ask in the M269 Technical Forum.

Installing the software

For each desktop and laptop you want to use for M269:

• You can keep any existing Python and Jupyter installations, e.g. Anaconda or from a previous M269 presentation, because the M269 software will be installed separately and will be activated only when needed.
• Make sure you have about 1 Gb disk space and a recent version of your operating system.
• Make sure you have created your M269 folder and have put the M269 book there, as instructed in the Resources tab of the M269 website.
• If you want to have Linux on your Windows machine, first install WSL.
• To install the M269 software for the first time, follow the instructions for Linux, macOS or Windows.

Using the software

• To use the software, follow the instructions for Windows or Linux and macOS.
• If you’re an M269 tutor, see how to mark notebooks.

Changing the software

• To upgrade the software on any operating system, follow these instructions.
• To remove the software on any operating system, follow these instructions.
• To re-install the software on any operating system, follow these instructions.

Licence

The code and text in this repository are Copyright © 2023–2026 by The Open University, UK. The code is licensed under a BSD-3-clause licence. The text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

The installation scripts were written with the help of GitHub Copilot.