Calling IPython from a virtualenv

Question

I understand that IPython is not virtualenv-aware and that the most logical solution to this is to install ipython in each virtualenv seperately using

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Answer 1

(Debian/Ubuntu) assuming some version (x) of Python3 is installed, then:

$ sudo apt-get install -y ipython
$ virtualenv --python=python3.x .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ pip3 install ipython
$ ipython3

will launch ipython running your version of Python3.