[IPython-dev] problems with pip install "ipython[notebook]" on Windows 7

[Jody Klymak]

> On Jul 24, 2015, at  12:16 PM, Tony Cappellini <cappy2112 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm trying to install iPython on a laptop I've just received.
> Windows 7, 64-Bit, Python 2.7.10
> 
> I want to use virtualenv. I don't want the conda installer because conda rare;y finds packages that pip has no problems installing. Additionally, I don't see an easy way for virtualenv to work with conda environments, so I'm avoiding it completely.

- conda has its own concept of environments that are simpler (in my opinion) than virtualenvs and very powerful: http://www.continuum.io/blog/conda <http://www.continuum.io/blog/conda>
- conda has pip, and “pip install” will install in your active conda environment.  

Can’t help you with the below, but your comments above make it seem you have missed some major features of conda!  Maybe you will reconsider, because it is really an easy way to install ipython.  However, maybe you need some features of virtualenvs I don’t know about.

Cheers,   Jody


> 
> From an administrator's cmd prompt window...
> pip install "ipython[notebook]"
> resulted in an error, because pexpect was expected to be installed. The OS platform iswindows, so pexpect will not be there. Why is the installer doing this on Windows??
> I then installed the packages listed on the iPython quickstart page- manually. Everything went well, however the notebook, and qt are not installed.
> iptest core 
> fails only 1 test, ipkernel.pylab
> is not installed
> At this  point, I'm not sure how to continue in order to get a fully working 
> notebook environment installed.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tony
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