====== Installing iPython on 10.6 ======

Getting the iPython interactive shell working properly under 10.6 is non-trivial.

The problem is that you need to install the Gnu version of readline so that iPython can pick it up.

==== Using easy_install ====

You might hope that easy_install would work but the readline version on pypi won't compile.

==== Using the source package ====


While the source package from the FSF does compile iPython doesn't see it and still complains of no readline.

==== Macports ====


Macports might work but it has an incredibly long list of dependencies you don't really need for iPython as it thinks it's part of the entire scypi kit, rather than a separate package.

==== Fink ====


Fink will install it fine. The only large dependency is that it will install a whole new Python 2.6 - but that's not such a bad thing.

You will need to use the unstable branch but just install readline first then iPython and all is well.