Ubuntu is one of the best Linux distributions for working with Tensorflow. We highly recommend that you use an Ubuntu machine, especially if you want to work with GPU. We will do most of our work on the Ubuntu terminal. We will begin with installing python-pip and python-dev via the following command:

sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev

A successful installation will appear as follows:

If you find missing packages, you can correct them via the following command:

sudo apt-get update --fix-missing

Then, you can continue the python and pip installation.

We are now ready to install TensorFlow. We will do a CPU-only installation, and if you wish to do an advanced GPU-enabled installation, we will cover that in Appendix, Advanced Installation.

The CPU installation is initiated via the following command:

sudo pip install tensorflow

A successful installation will appear as follows: