<br>Hello,<br><br>I have been having trouble getting ipython to work on a PowerPC iBook running OS 10.4.10. I initially installed Python 2.5.1 for Mac using the universal installer download from <a href="http://www.python.org">
www.python.org</a>. Entering /usr/local/bin/python at the X11 xterm command line allows me to start up Python 2.5.1, rather than the older version that comes with OS X.<br><br>I then proceeded to install the SciPy Superpack for Python
2.5 (PowerPC). This presumably includes IPython, but I was unable to start IPython from the command line. After this, I tried downloading ipython-0.8.1.tar.gz, unzipped the file, changed directories, and entered<br><br>
/usr/local/bin/python setup.py build<br><br>Unfortunately, this was not successful in getting IPython to work. From my home directory and x11's default bash shell, simply entering "ipython" or variants thereof gives a "command not found" error. When I try "/usr/local/bin/IPython", I get the following:
<br><br>Traceback (most recent call last):<br> File "/usr/local/bin/IPython", line 5, in <module><br> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point<br>ImportError: No module named pkg_resources<br><br>I should note that in the directory "/usr/local/bin" there is a file called "ipython"; its permissions allow it to be globally executable.
<br><br>Finally, from within Python 2.5.1, I can succesfully "import IPython". Typing "IPython" at the Python prompt just gives<br><br><module 'IPython' from '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/IPython/__init__.pyc'>
<br><br>Any thoughts as to what might be problematic and what I can do? Thank you very much for your assistance, as I am completely new to Python and not very experienced with the Unix underpinnings of OS X.<br><br>Sincerely,
<br>Jerome F.<br> <br>