If you are not familiar with python.
tmax_eofs.py depends on a few specific python modules. They are:
Installing modules in python is made very easy with a python module management program such as pip. If you dont have pip you can install it by following direction here:
http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html
Once pip is installed installing modules is just a matter of calling pip with the install command and the module name. To install all the required modules from the terminal:
$ pip install numpy pandas matplotlib basemap eofs
If you don't have root privelages you can install them locally by specifying the "--user" flag:
$ pip install --user numpy pandas matplotlib basemap eofs