I have a virtual machine script that will start up a Vagrant VM (using virtual box) with everything needed to compile and test zeppelin. It can also be used to test & run zeppelin builds – it's been tweaked to install a variety of common python libraries and sets the matplotlib settings appropriately.
Any interest in adding this to the project? If so, anybody wish to suggest a home for it (what sub directory)? It requires Ansible Vagrant Virtual Box (ansible, vagrant and virtual box are simple installs on all operating systems) Jeff