Rolando Espinoza La Fuente
3/19/2010 8:27:00 AM
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:05 AM, nbv4 <nbvfour@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have ipython installed via apt. I can go to the command line and
> type 'ipython' and it will work. If I try to install ipython to a
> virtualenv, I get this:
>
> $ pip install -E env/ ipython
> Requirement already satisfied: ipython in /usr/share/pyshared
> Installing collected packages: ipython
> Successfully installed ipython
>
> I want ipython in both site-packages as well as in my virtualenv. This
> is bad because when I activate the virtualenv, site-packages
> disappears and ipython is not available. A work around is to uninstall
> ipython from apt, install to the virtualenv, then reinstall in apt. Is
> there a better way?
I use -U (--upgrade) to force the installation within virtualenv. e.g:
$ pip install -E env/ -U ipython
Regards,
Rolando