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Jasmeet
Jasmeet

Reputation: 1531

unable to install ipython on mac

am using Mac El Capitan, I need to install iPython and have to use iPython notebook

I use 

$ pip install ipython

to install the ipython, but it return me

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ipython in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): traitlets in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pickleshare in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): simplegeneric>0.8 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): decorator in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): gnureadline in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): appnope in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pexpect in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ipython-genutils in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from traitlets->ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): path.py in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from pickleshare->ipython)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ptyprocess>=0.5 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from pexpect->ipython)

abhi ~ $ ipython
-bash: ipython: command not found

any idea what am doing wrong, or what should I do now?

I tried this on my IDLE

>>> try:
    import ipython
    print "imported"
except :
    print "not installed"

it says not installed.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2691

Answers (3)

weisong wan
weisong wan

Reputation: 31

Try this command:

python -m IPython

Upvotes: 3

zevij
zevij

Reputation: 2446

Had similar issues when trying to install ipython and jupyter on my mac (El Capitan v10.11.6)

Tried various combinations including sudo -H, --ignore <whatever people suggested> etc.

The only thing that worked for me:

pip install --user ipython
pip install --user jupyter

You would also need to add your 'user python modules' to your path. One way is using nano to edit your .bash_profile:

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/YOUR USER ID/Library/Python/2.7/bin

Then just open a new terminal or use source command to apply it in the open terminal.

You can find a different approach here.

Hope it helps!

Upvotes: 1

RDJ
RDJ

Reputation: 4122

You might want to consider installing Anaconda, a Python distribution that includes most of the Python packages for science, maths, engineering, and data analysis. This is arguably the easiest way to get up and running with iPython (now Jupyter) notebooks.

Upvotes: 1

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