iPython installed but not found

Question

I\'ve recently deleted Anaconda and reinstalled python with brew. I\'ve installed everything according to these instructions.

Python works great, and all packages I\

Answer 1

Searching the web for "bash: ipython: command not found" turns up several hits (including this SO question), but they're not particularly helpful. From the sound of it, you have IPython, the Python package installed, but ipython—the entry point (i.e., wrapper/launcher script) for it—is missing for whatever reason. To check whether this is the case, try running:

% python -m IPython
Python 2.7.9 (default, Feb 10 2015, 03:28:08) 
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 4.0.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.

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If that brings up IPython, then you might try making a shell alias as the SO answer linked above suggests, i.e., put something like this in your shell's startup script: alias ipython='python -m IPython'. Or, create the launcher script yourself. For me, it lives in /usr/local/bin/ipython and contains the following:

#!/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re
import sys

from IPython import start_ipython

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
    sys.exit(start_ipython())

Hope this helps. (If it does, please consider up-voting the other SO question as well...)

UPDATE: Here are some more possibly-relevant links:

• ipython: command not found on OSX
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/426