[IPython-dev] Installation of ipython on cygwin

[Fernando Perez]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Arnaud Gardelein <arnaud at oscopy.org> wrote:
> It seems that ipython got installed fine on my cygwin install. Just in
> case if it could help anybody else here is the approximate procedure that
> was followed:

Thanks for the info!  It's worth noting that those who don't need
matplotlib should be fine with simply installing on top of their base
cygwin python, the libffi requirement should be only for matplotlib.

cheers,

f