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1 1 ==============
2 2 IPython README
3 3 ==============
4 4
5 5 Overview
6 6 ========
7 7
8 8 Welcome to IPython. Our full documentation can be found in the ``docs/dist``
9 9 subdirectory in ``.html`` and ``.pdf`` formats, also available online at our
10 10 `website <http://ipython.scipy.org>`_. The ``docs/source`` directory contains
11 11 the plaintext version of these manuals.
12 12
13 13
14 14 Dependencies and supported Python versions
15 15 ==========================================
16 16
17 17 For full details, see the installation section of the manual. The basic parts
18 18 of IPython only need the Python standard library, but much of its more advanced
19 19 functionality requires extra packages.
20 20
21 Officially, IPython requires Python version 2.5 or 2.6. We have *not* yet
22 started to port IPython to Python 3.0.
23
24 .. warning::
25
26 IPython 0.10 has only been well tested with Python 2.5 and 2.6. Parts of
27 it may work with Python 2.4, but we do not officially support Python 2.4
28 anymore. If you need to use 2.4, you can still run IPython 0.9.
21 Officially, IPython requires Python version 2.6 or 2.7. An experimental port
22 of IPython to Python 3.x has been sarted, and is available at
23 http://github.com/takowl/ipython/tree/ipython-py3k.
29 24
30 25
31 26 Instant running
32 27 ===============
33 28
34 29 You can run IPython from this directory without even installing it system-wide
35 30 by typing at the terminal:
36 31
37 32 .. code-block:: bash
38 33
39 34 python ipython.py
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