There are multiple ways of installing IPython. This page contains simplified installationinstructions that should work for most users. Our official documentationcontains more detailed instructionsfor manual installation targeted at advanced users and developers.
Anaconda works on Windows, Mac, and Linux, provides over 1,500 Python/R packages, and is used by over 15 million people. Anaconda is best suited to beginning users; it provides a large collection of libraries all in one. Anaconda is an enterprise-ready platform for data science analytics. It works on all popular operating systems like Linux, Windows and Mac OS. Although originally developed to package python programs, it can now package any type of packages.
If you are looking for installation documentation for the notebook and/or qtconsole,those are now part of Jupyter.
I already have Python¶
If you already have Python installed and are familiar with installing packages, you can get IPython with pip:
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I am getting started with Python¶
For new users who want to install a full Python environment for scientific computing anddata science, we suggest installing the Anaconda or Canopy Python distributions, which provide Python, IPython and all of its dependences as well as a complete set of open source packagesfor scientific computing and data science.
- Download and install Continuum’s Anaconda or the free edition of Enthought’s Canopy.
- Update IPython to the current version using the Terminal:
Anaconda:
Install Anaconda Mac Big Sur
Enthought Canopy:
Install Anaconda On Mac
Downloads¶
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You can manually download IPython from GitHub or PyPI. To install one of these versions, unpack it and runthe following from the top-level source directory using the Terminal: