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These are just minimal notes. The manual contains more detailed | ||||
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Requirements | ||||
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IPython runs under (as far as the Windows family is concerned): | ||||
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* PyWin32, the win32 Python extensions from | ||||
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond. | ||||
* Gary Bishop's readline from | ||||
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uncpythontools. | ||||
* This in turn requires Tomas Heller's ctypes from | ||||
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes. | ||||
- 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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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. | ||||