Comment 2 for bug 382214

Just doing python setup.py install on Windows won't give you a working
IPython as the command line scripts won't be installed properly. If
you want to install from source on Windows, install setuptools and
then do:

python setupegg.py install

Cheers,

Brian

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Ville M. Vainio <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Ibrahim Awwal
> <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> I have Python 2.6.2 64 bit installed on my computer.  According to
>> this[1] it's because IPython is 32 bit and so it can't work with the 64
>> bit Python installation. Is there an easy way to fix this, eg. can I
>> just recompile it myself somehow?
>
> Just get the source distribution and run "setup.py install". Or run
> ipython.py directly from the source.
>
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> No version for 64 bit Windows
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382214
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> Status in IPython - Enhanced Interactive Python: New
> Status in pyreadline - a python replacement of readline: New
>
> Bug description:
> When trying to install IPython on Windows Vista 64 bit, the installer errors out because it can't find a Python installation in the registry. I have Python 2.6.2 64 bit installed on my computer.  According to this[1] it's because IPython is 32 bit and so it can't work with the 64 bit Python installation. Is there an easy way to fix this, eg. can I just recompile it myself somehow?
>
> [1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/529c0023fb22922a
>

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Brian E. Granger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
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