Your Data Science Student Toolkit

Professional / Certification • Linux

Python, notebooks, SQL, visualisation and research tools for data science students.

Who this toolkit is for

For data science students working with data, statistics and models.

What level are you studying?A-Level / College Undergraduate Postgraduate Professional / Certification Other

What computer do you use?Windows macOS Linux Chromebook Not sure

Which Linux distribution?Ubuntu Debian Linux Mint Fedora Arch Linux Manjaro openSUSE Kali Linux Other / Not sure

Essential (3)

Core tools that are broadly useful.

Python

Python
Open Source
Why you may need this: Analyse data with libraries such as pandas.
APT (verified)
```
sudo apt install python3
```
Details

Notebooks

JupyterLab
Open Source
Why you may need this: Explore data and share analysis.
APT (verified)
```
sudo apt install jupyter-notebook
```
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Research / Citation

Zotero
Open SourceAlso on iPhone/iPad
Why you may need this: Organise research sources and generate citations for coursework and dissertations.
Flatpak (verified)
```
flatpak install flathub org.zotero.Zotero
```
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Recommended (3)

Useful for particular parts of the work or course.

Code Editor

Visual Studio Code
Free
Why you may need this: Edit scripts and notebooks.
Flatpak (verified)
```
flatpak install flathub com.visualstudio.code
```
Details

SQL

DBeaver Community
Open Source
Why you may need this: Query databases with SQL.
Flatpak (verified)
```
flatpak install flathub io.dbeaver.DBeaverCommunity
```
Details

Version Control

Git
Open Source
Why you may need this: Version code and analyses.
APT (verified)
```
sudo apt install git
```
Details

Specialist / Optional · Show specialist tools (3)

Consider these for particular modules, tasks or environments.

Data Analysis

R
Open Source
Why you may need this: Statistics with R.
APT (verified)
```
sudo apt install r-base
```
Details
RStudio Desktop
Open Source
Why you may need this: An IDE for R.
View official installation instructions
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Containers

Docker Desktop
Freemium
Why you may need this: Reproducible environments.
View official installation instructions
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Course requirements vary. Software requirements differ between schools, colleges, universities and modules. Check your course materials before purchasing software.

Build your student setup

Build My Setup lets you add or remove apps, see why each is included and, where verified packages exist, get one install command. Nothing is installed automatically.

Build my Data Science setup