Installation verification script for Anatomy of Matplotlib for SciPy 2014

check_env_AnatomyOfMatplotlib.py

from __future__ import print_function

import os

# make sure packages are available
import matplotlib
import numpy

if matplotlib.__version__ < "1.2.1":
    print("Warning: mpl v1.2.1 or greater is desired."
          " You have {0}".format(matplotlib.__version__))


code = os.system("ipython notebook")
if code == 0:
    print("Yay, you can start up an ipython notebook session!")
else:
    print("ERROR: You can't seem to start up a notebook")