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Overview
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This document describes the steps required to install IPython. IPython is
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organized into a number of subpackages, each of which has its own dependencies.
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All of the subpackages come with IPython, so you don't need to download and
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install them separately. However, to use a given subpackage, you will need to
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install all of its dependencies.
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Please let us know if you have problems installing IPython or any of its
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dependencies. Officially, IPython requires Python version 2.5 or 2.6. We
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have *not* yet started to port IPython to Python 3.0.
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.. warning::
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Officially, IPython supports Python versions 2.5 and 2.6.
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IPython 0.10 has only been well tested with Python 2.5 and 2.6. Parts of
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it may work with Python 2.4, but we do not officially support Python 2.4
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anymore. If you need to use 2.4, you can still run IPython 0.9.
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Some of the installation approaches use the :mod:`setuptools` package and its
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:command:`easy_install` command line program. In many scenarios, this provides
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the most simple method of installing IPython and its dependencies. It is not
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required though. More information about :mod:`setuptools` can be found on its
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website.
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More general information about installing Python packages can be found in
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Python's documentation at http://www.python.org/doc/.
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Quickstart
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If you have :mod:`setuptools` installed and you are on OS X or Linux (not
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Windows), the following will download and install IPython *and* the main
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optional dependencies::
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$ easy_install ipython[kernel,security,test]
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This will get Twisted, zope.interface and Foolscap, which are needed for
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IPython's parallel computing features as well as the nose package, which will
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enable you to run IPython's test suite. To run IPython's test suite, use the
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:command:`iptest` command::
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$ iptest
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Read on for more specific details and instructions for Windows.
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Installing IPython itself
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=========================
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Given a properly built Python, the basic interactive IPython shell will work
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with no external dependencies. However, some Python distributions
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(particularly on Windows and OS X), don't come with a working :mod:`readline`
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module. The IPython shell will work without :mod:`readline`, but will lack
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many features that users depend on, such as tab completion and command line
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editing. See below for details of how to make sure you have a working
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:mod:`readline`.
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Installation using easy_install
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If you have :mod:`setuptools` installed, the easiest way of getting IPython is
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to simple use :command:`easy_install`::
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$ easy_install ipython
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That's it.
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Installation from source
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If you don't want to use :command:`easy_install`, or don't have it installed,
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just grab the latest stable build of IPython from `here
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<http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/>`_. Then do the following::
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$ tar -xzf ipython.tar.gz
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$ cd ipython
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$ python setup.py install
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If you are installing to a location (like ``/usr/local``) that requires higher
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permissions, you may need to run the last command with :command:`sudo`.
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Windows
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-------
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There are a few caveats for Windows users. The main issue is that a basic
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``python setup.py install`` approach won't create ``.bat`` file or Start Menu
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shortcuts, which most users want. To get an installation with these, you can
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use any of the following alternatives:
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1. Install using :command:`easy_install`.
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2. Install using our binary ``.exe`` Windows installer, which can be found at
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`here <http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/>`_
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3. Install from source, but using :mod:`setuptools` (``python setupegg.py
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install``).
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IPython by default runs in a termninal window, but the normal terminal
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application supplied by Microsoft Windows is very primitive. You may want to
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download the excellent and free Console_ application instead, which is a far
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superior tool. You can even configure Console to give you by default an
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IPython tab, which is very convenient to create new IPython sessions directly
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from the working terminal.
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.. _Console: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console
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Installing the development version
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It is also possible to install the development version of IPython from our
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`Bazaar <http://bazaar-vcs.org/>`_ source code repository. To do this you will
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need to have Bazaar installed on your system. Then just do::
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$ bzr branch lp:ipython
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$ cd ipython
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$ python setup.py install
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Again, this last step on Windows won't create ``.bat`` files or Start Menu
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shortcuts, so you will have to use one of the other approaches listed above.
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Some users want to be able to follow the development branch as it changes. If
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you have :mod:`setuptools` installed, this is easy. Simply replace the last
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step by::
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$ python setupegg.py develop
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This creates links in the right places and installs the command line script to
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the appropriate places. Then, if you want to update your IPython at any time,
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just do::
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$ bzr pull
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Basic optional dependencies
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===========================
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There are a number of basic optional dependencies that most users will want to
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get. These are:
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* readline (for command line editing, tab completion, etc.)
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* nose (to run the IPython test suite)
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* pexpect (to use things like irunner)
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If you are comfortable installing these things yourself, have at it, otherwise
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read on for more details.
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readline
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In principle, all Python distributions should come with a working
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:mod:`readline` module. But, reality is not quite that simple. There are two
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common situations where you won't have a working :mod:`readline` module:
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* If you are using the built-in Python on Mac OS X.
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* If you are running Windows, which doesn't have a :mod:`readline` module.
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On OS X, the built-in Python doesn't not have :mod:`readline` because of
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license issues. Starting with OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Apple's built-in Python has
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a BSD-licensed not-quite-compatible readline replacement. As of IPython 0.9,
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many of the issues related to the differences between readline and libedit seem
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to have been resolved. While you may find libedit sufficient, we have
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occasional reports of bugs with it and several developers who use OS X as their
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main environment consider libedit unacceptable for productive, regular use with
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IPython.
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Therefore, we *strongly* recommend that on OS X you get the full
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:mod:`readline` module. We will *not* consider completion/history problems to
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be bugs for IPython if you are using libedit.
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To get a working :mod:`readline` module, just do (with :mod:`setuptools`
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installed)::
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$ easy_install readline
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.. note::
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Other Python distributions on OS X (such as fink, MacPorts and the official
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python.org binaries) already have readline installed so you likely don't
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have to do this step.
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If needed, the readline egg can be build and installed from source (see the
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wiki page at http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/InstallationOSXLeopard).
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On Windows, you will need the PyReadline module. PyReadline is a separate,
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Windows only implementation of readline that uses native Windows calls through
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:mod:`ctypes`. The easiest way of installing PyReadline is you use the binary
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installer available `here <http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/>`_. The :mod:`ctypes`
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module, which comes with Python 2.5 and greater, is required by PyReadline. It
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is available for Python 2.4 at http://python.net/crew/theller/ctypes.
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nose
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----
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To run the IPython test suite you will need the :mod:`nose` package. Nose
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provides a great way of sniffing out and running all of the IPython tests. The
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simplest way of getting nose, is to use :command:`easy_install`::
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$ easy_install nose
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Another way of getting this is to do::
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$ easy_install ipython[test]
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For more installation options, see the `nose website
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<http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/>`_. Once you have nose
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installed, you can run IPython's test suite using the iptest command::
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$ iptest
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pexpect
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The `pexpect <http://www.noah.org/wiki/Pexpect>`_ package is used in IPython's
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:command:`irunner` script. On Unix platforms (including OS X), just do::
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$ easy_install pexpect
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Windows users are out of luck as pexpect does not run there.
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Dependencies for IPython.kernel (parallel computing)
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====================================================
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The IPython kernel provides a nice architecture for parallel computing. The
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main focus of this architecture is on interactive parallel computing. These
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features require a number of additional packages:
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* zope.interface (yep, we use interfaces)
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* Twisted (asynchronous networking framework)
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* Foolscap (a nice, secure network protocol)
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* pyOpenSSL (security for network connections)
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On a Unix style platform (including OS X), if you want to use :mod:`setuptools`, you can just do::
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$ easy_install ipython[kernel] # the first three
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$ easy_install ipython[security] # pyOpenSSL
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zope.interface and Twisted
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Twisted [Twisted]_ and zope.interface [ZopeInterface]_ are used for networking
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related things. On Unix style platforms (including OS X), the simplest way of
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getting the these is to use :command:`easy_install`::
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$ easy_install zope.interface
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$ easy_install Twisted
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Of course, you can also download the source tarballs from the `Twisted website
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<twistedmatrix.org>`_ and the `zope.interface page at PyPI
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<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface>`_ and do the usual ``python
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setup.py install`` if you prefer.
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Windows is a bit different. For zope.interface and Twisted, simply get the latest binary ``.exe`` installer from the Twisted website. This installer includes both zope.interface and Twisted and should just work.
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Foolscap
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Foolscap [Foolscap]_ uses Twisted to provide a very nice secure RPC protocol that we use to implement our parallel computing features.
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On all platforms a simple::
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$ easy_install foolscap
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should work. You can also download the source tarballs from the `Foolscap
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website <http://foolscap.lothar.com/trac>`_ and do ``python setup.py install``
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if you prefer.
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pyOpenSSL
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IPython requires an older version of pyOpenSSL [pyOpenSSL]_ (0.6 rather than
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the current 0.7). There are a couple of options for getting this:
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1. Most Linux distributions have packages for pyOpenSSL.
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2. The built-in Python 2.5 on OS X 10.5 already has it installed.
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3. There are source tarballs on the pyOpenSSL website. On Unix-like
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platforms, these can be built using ``python seutp.py install``.
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4. There is also a binary ``.exe`` Windows installer on the `pyOpenSSL website <http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net/>`_.
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Dependencies for IPython.frontend (the IPython GUI)
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wxPython
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Starting with IPython 0.9, IPython has a new IPython.frontend package that has
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a nice wxPython based IPython GUI. As you would expect, this GUI requires
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wxPython. Most Linux distributions have wxPython packages available and the
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built-in Python on OS X comes with wxPython preinstalled. For Windows, a
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binary installer is available on the `wxPython website
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<http://www.wxpython.org/>`_.
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.. [Twisted] Twisted matrix. http://twistedmatrix.org
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.. [ZopeInterface] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface
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.. [Foolscap] Foolscap network protocol. http://foolscap.lothar.com/trac
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.. [pyOpenSSL] pyOpenSSL. http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net
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