How do I initialize IPython installed using PIP?

Question

I'm running PepperMint Linux and I've installed IPython using pip but I can't initialize it:

$ ipython
bash: /usr/bin/ipython: No such file or directory

Although pip says it's correctly installed:

$ pip show ipython
---
Name: ipython
Version: 1.2.1
Location: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Requires:

This folder doesn't seem to have any executable files, only source codes:

$ ls /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/IPython
config core extensions frontend.pyc __init__.pyc __main__.py nbformat scripts testing
consoleapp.py display.py external html kernel __main__.pyc parallel sphinxext utils
consoleapp.pyc display.pyc frontend.py __init__.py lib nbconvert qt terminal

How can I initialize IPython shell? Is it even possible from a pip install, or does pip only download IPython source code?

• groundlar: Pip should install the entire package. What was the output when you installed via pip? What is your current PATH?
• Talvalin: Are any IPython executables present in your Python scripts directory? If so, can you run IPython from that directory?

Answer 1

If the modules were installed under /usr/local, then it's likely the ipython script was installed in the same way. So try running:

$ /usr/local/bin/ipython

If that works, it would seem /usr/local/bin is not in your $PATH for some reason, so you need to fix that if you want to start ipython without specifying the full path (or you could just create an alias for it).

• renatov: Thanks, ipython was on /usr/local/bin/ipython
• renatov: By the way, I think it would be better to install pip globally, using the packet manager.