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IPython provides a rich architecture for interactive computing with Python.

The features it can provide are as follows :

  • Powerful interactive shells (terminal and Qt-based).
  • A browser-based notebook with support for code, text, mathematical expressions, inline plots and other rich media.
  • Support for interactive data visualization and use of GUI toolkits.
  • Flexible, embeddable interpreters to load into your own projects.
  • Easy to use, high performance tools for parallel computing.

It is available for both python-2.x and python-3.x.

For more information : Ipython

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How do I find and set my $EDITOR environment variable?

When I am using ipython or ipython3, I can use the %edit command to open up an editor to write my python scripts in. My problem is that the default editor is vim and I really do not get how to use that editor. What I would like to do is to change…
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Jupyter Notebook Installation

Is it possible to install Jupyter Notebook through apt-get install? For example, we can install numpy by using apt-get install python-numpy.
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Ipython is using python 3.5 instead of 2.7

I recently update my system from 15.10 to 16.04 but now I'm having a problem with the interpreter used by ipython. Now ipython a ipython3 uses the same version (3.5.1) I have tried reinstalling ipython but the problem persist. Here are the versions…
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How to install ipython qtconsole?

I get this error when launching qtconsole. I already installed: sudo apt-get install libzmq-dev sudo pip install pyzmq sudo pip install pygments sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-gui libqt4-dev Can anyone help me figure out what's going on?…
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Most up to date Ipython and Matplotlib in Ubuntu 13.10

I've recently updated my Ubuntu to the 13.10 version. To my surprise, Ipython and Matplotlib are available only in versions prior to those I had in my previous 12.04 LTS install. When with the 12.04, I had the Julian Taylor PPA set up in my…
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What is the difference between pip and conda?

I know pip is a package manager for python packages. However, I saw the installation on iPython's website use conda to install iPython. Can I use pip to install iPython? Why should I use conda as another python package manager when I already have…
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Upgrading IPython3 to version 5.3.0

I've got both IPython and IPython3 installed. I recently upgraded IPython to version 5.3.0 using pip. However, I can't figure out how to upgrade IPython3. It's currently at version 2.4.1.
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Amendable console output in Python

Some programs are able to amend console output, wget easily comes to mind. How can I do that in pure Python? I know IPython has clear_output(). I tried that but even that does not work. And I would prefer pure Python. from IPython.core.display…
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Permission denied when trying to run pip install ipython

When I used pip install ipython or pip install "ipython[notebook]" I get the following error: Downloading/unpacking ipython Downloading ipython-2.3.1-py27-none-any.whl (2.8MB): 2.8MB downloaded Installing collected packages: ipython Cleaning…
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Can't find Spyder or Ipython Notebook applications after Anaconda install (xubuntu 13.10)

I installed Anaconda 2.7. I can run spyder and ipython notebook from the terminal but I can't find the applications at all from the desktop. Is there a specific place I should look? Should I just reinstall? I know they are there as they run from…
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What does Ctrl-| (pipe key) do in a terminal?

For example, when I press Ctrl+Shift+\ (a. k. a. Ctrl+|) in a IPython session I get a Quit (core dumped) message. Where is this keybinding bound and how can I deactivate it?
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IPython up/down arrows don't scroll through history

IPython 8.5.0. doesn't properly scroll my history when using up/down arrow keys. Yet, the %history command still gives me the proper history. Furthermore, "search previous command history" also still works. I have had these issues ever since I…
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Matplotlib plt.show(block=False) opens black window

Matplotlib plt.show(block=False) gives me a black window when plotting something that normally would work with plt.show(block=True). With my previous Ubuntu install I could always run plt.show(block=False) without any issues. Here is a simple piece…
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How to change my jupyter notebook working directory?

I would like to change my jupyter notebook working directory, how should I proceed? If it is possible, I also want to keep the current working directory.
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How to install pyzmq for iPython Notebook in a Python 3 virtual environment?

I wanted to use iPython Notebook in Python 3 on Ubuntu 14.04. Because I have both Python 2.7 and Python 3.4 installed on my system--and for other implementation-specific reasons--I decided to use a Python virtual environment (with virtualenv). Very…
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