[IPython-dev] Automatic downloading python dependencies on IPython Notebook

Brian Granger ellisonbg at gmail.com
Mon Jun 17 15:16:05 EDT 2013


The notebook doesn't have any such capability right now, and given the
difficulty of managing installation across platforms, I don't imagine
we will try to tackle that.  But, it might make a nice IPython
extension?

Cheers,

Brian

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Roh H. Lee <hroe.lee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if there is an automatic way to install required python package on
> IPython Notebook.
> For example, I try to run Non Parametric Regression by downloading and
> opening its .ipynb file on my machine but I realized my machine doesn't have
> pymc package. If this happen, I typically use either pip on terminal or !
> magic function to download the missing python package. Python setup.py
> supports downloading required packages specified in the configuration. Is
> there any similar features or means that I can compromise?
>
> Sincerely,
> Hyungro
>
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