ipython

[davide.dalmasso]

Hi, I work with Python 3.3.
I downloaded an IPython executable version from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
I installed it but no shortcut appears in my start menu.
How can I launch it or alternatively is there some other free source of executable file for Windows 7?
Many Thanks

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

Hi, I work with Python 3.3.
I downloaded an IPython executable version from
http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ I installed it but no
shortcut appears in my start menu. How can I launch it or alternatively
is there some other free source of executable file for Windows 7? Many
Thanks

That's more of a Windows 7 question than a Python question. I don't know
how to add a command to the Windows start menu.

How do you know ipython installed successfully? When you installed it,
did you get any errors?

Try going to the Start menu, selecting the Run command, and typing
ipython [enter].

 

[Wanderer]

Hi, I work with Python 3.3.

I downloaded an IPython executable version from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

I installed it but no shortcut appears in my start menu.

How can I launch it or alternatively is there some other free source of executable file for Windows 7?

Many Thanks

You must right click and 'run as administrator' to get the start menu shortcuts.
Otherwise, ipython.exe is in the Scripts subdirectory of your Python directory.

ie C:\Python27\Scripts

 

[alex23]

Hi, I work with Python 3.3.
I downloaded an IPython executable version from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
I installed it but no shortcut appears in my start menu.
How can I launch it or alternatively is there some other free source of executable file for Windows 7?

The IPython installer actually mentions this when it finishes
installing:

"Distribute (setuptools) is required to create Start Menu items.
Re-run this installer after installing distribute to get Start
Menu items."

You can grab the setup for distribute from:

http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py

If your Python 3.3 installation is part of your PATH, you simply do:

python3 distribute_setup.py install

When it's finished, run the IPython installer again and you'll find
it now creates a start menu shortcut for you.

 

[davide.dalmasso]

I did not see the massage when installation finisched. Sorry!
Many Thanks!!!