title: Install IPython Notebook updated: 2014-05-23 00:00:00 description: A whip-fast guide to getting started with IPython Notebooks, the best persistent-state REPL out there os: [macosx] tags: [python, scientific] deps: [use-virtualenvwrapper] contributors: ["http://www.github.com/rachelkelly"]
Create your virtualenv. If you are using virtualenvwrapper, run:
$ mkvirtualenv ipy
This can be any environment name you choose. I call mine ipy
for brevity. IPython has a bunch of dependencies and it's nice to have them all in ONE place rather than globally throughout your machine.
Then use pip
to install the following.
jinja2
pyzmq
tornado
$ workon ipy
$ pip install jinja2 pyzmq tornado ipython
Then, to run a local instance of IPython Notebook:
$ ipython notebook