`ipython` tab autocomplete does not work on imported module

Question

Tab completion on IPython seems not to be working. For example,

import numpy
numpy.

simply adds a tab.

import nu         


        

Answer 1

I realize this is a really old question, but none of the answers above worked for me (And this is the first hit you get when you google a question of this nature).

I should mention that this is NOT exclusive to windows, I had the problem running CentOS 6.5 and Python 2.7

Here is what I did:

apt-get/yum install ncurses-devel
#If you want history in iPython:
apt-get/yum install sqlite-devel
easy_install ipython readline
ipython

In [1]: from 
Display all 391 possibilities? (y or n)

If you don't have the -devel packages, your install will fail when it comes time to link them and build the eggs.. Hope this helps others!

Answer 2

Your ipythonrc file may be out of date. Try running

ipython -upgrade