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panache
panache

Reputation: 311

Unable to find ipython after installation on Mac

I installed ipython using pip. I have python 2.7 on my Mac. However I am unable to start up ipython.

[17:26:01] ipython -bash: ipython: command not found

Then thinking that maybe I need to run it from within python I even tried that

[17:28:10] python
import ipython
Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: No module named ipython

Any idea what is wrong?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2795

Answers (2)

panache
panache

Reputation: 311

I found an answer here

IPython command not found Terminal OSX. Pip installed

that worked for me. Courtesy @nudzo.

"Create .pydistutils.cfg in your homedir with following content:

[global] verbose=1

[install] install-scripts=$HOME/bin

[easy_install] install-scripts=$HOME/bin And then: pip install -U --user ipython. Of course $HOME/bin must be in your $PATH. Packages are going to be installed in $HOME/Library/Python, so user only, not system wide."

I uninstalled ipython and then followed these instructions and that worked for me.

Upvotes: 1

clp2
clp2

Reputation: 176

Try these shell commands. I'm using Debian, & don't have a Mac.

which ipython

Should show the dir where it is installed, eg, /usr/bin/ipython

echo $PATH

Should show a list of paths where the system looks for programs to execute; it should include the location of ipython, eg, /usr/bin for my example above.

pip list

Should include 'ipython' in the list of installed pkgs.

pip show ipython

Should show data about the installed ipython pkg.

Your home directory should have a dir called '.ipython' if the pkg was installed (unless it was put somewhere else).

If you don't find the program, maybe the install failed. Try again and watch for error messages.

Upvotes: 0

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