README_Windows.txt
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r642 | See http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/IpythonOnWindows for up-to-date information | ||
| about running IPython on Windows. | ||||
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| Requirements | ||||
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| IPython runs under (as far as the Windows family is concerned): | ||||
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r642 | * PyWin32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ | ||
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r642 | * PyReadline: http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/PyReadline/Intro | ||
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r642 | * If you are using Python2.4, this in turn requires Tomas Heller's ctypes | ||
| from: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes (not needed for Python | ||||
| 2.5 users, since 2.5 already ships with ctypes). | ||||
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| - Windows 95/98/ME: I have no idea. It should work, but I can't test. | ||||
| - CygWin environments should work, they are basically Posix. | ||||
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r94 | It needs Python 2.3 or newer. | ||
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| Installation | ||||
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r135 | Double-click the supplied .exe installer file. If all goes well, that's all | ||
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r0 | you need to do. You should now have an IPython entry in your Start Menu. | ||
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| Installation from source distribution | ||||
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r0 | In case the automatic installer does not work for some reason, you can | ||
| download the ipython-XXX.tar.gz file, which contains the full IPython source | ||||
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r136 | distribution (the popular WinZip can read .tar.gz files). | ||
| After uncompressing the archive, you can install it at a command terminal just | ||||
| like any other Python module, by using python setup.py install'. After this | ||||
| completes, you can run the supplied win32_manual_post_install.py script which | ||||
| will add the relevant shortcuts to your startup menu. | ||||
| Optionally, you may skip installation altogether and just launch "ipython.py" | ||||
| from the root folder of the extracted source distribution. | ||||