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Notes for Windows Users
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These are just minimal notes. The manual contains more detailed
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information.
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Requirements
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IPython runs under (as far as the Windows family is concerned):
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- Windows XP (I think WinNT/2000 are ok): works well. It needs:
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* Gary Bishop's readline from
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/uncpythontools.
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* This in turn requires Tomas Heller's ctypes from
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http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes.
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- Windows 95/98/ME: I have no idea. It should work, but I can't test.
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- CygWin environments should work, they are basically Posix.
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It needs Python 2.2 or newer.
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Installation
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Double-click the supplied .exe installer file. If all goes well, that's all
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you need to do. You should now have an IPython entry in your Start Menu.
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In case the automatic installer does not work for some reason, you can
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download the ipython-XXX.tar.gz file, which contains the full IPython source
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distribution (the popular WinZip can read .tar.gz files). After uncompressing
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the archive, you can install it at a command terminal just like any other
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Python module, by using python setup.py install'. After this completes, you
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can run the supplied win32_manual_post_install.py script which will add
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the relevant shortcuts to your startup menu.
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