Install IPython, numpy, scipy, pandas, statsmodels, and scikit-learn on OSX 10.8 so I can run the code in LearnDataScience by @nborwankar (http://opendst.org/) Inspired by @westurner

setup_pandas_notebook.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Adapted from https://gist.github.com/westurner/3196564

# Package versions as of 9/14/2013, assumes that you've installed a virtualenv

setup_brew () {
    if [ ! -f "/usr/local/bin/brew" ]; then
        /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)"
    fi
}

setup_ipython () {
    brew install readline
    brew install zeromq
    pip install ipython pyzmq tornado pygments
    #pip install ipython==1.1.0 pyzmq==13.1.0 tornado==3.1.1 pygments==1.6

    ipython -c 'from IPython.external import mathjax; mathjax.install_mathjax()'
}

setup_pandas () {
    brew install gfortran
    brew install pkg-config
    brew install freetype

    pip install numpy
    #pip install numpy==1.8
    pip install python-dateutil pytz scipy matplotlib
    #pip install python-dateutil==2.1 pytz==2013d scipy==0.12.0 matplotlib==1.3.0
    pip install pandas patsy
    #pip install pandas==0.12.0 patsy==0.2.1
    pip install statsmodels scikit-learn
    #pip install statsmodels==0.5.0 scikit-learn==0.14.1
    pip install jinja2
    #pip install jinja2==2.7.1
}

setup_brew && setup_ipython && setup_pandas && ipython notebook --pylab=inline

If you absolutely must...but I recommend using Continuum's Anaconda distro http://continuum.io/downloads