我可以打包IPython Notebook，依赖项和其他模块吗？

Question

I need the following working environment for a project with several developers:

• python3
• ipython (notebook)
• numpy
• networkx
• matplotlib

Installing these packages on different systems (OSX, Ubuntu, Suse) is time-consuming and problems are quite likely in my experience. Is it possible to package them (maybe with virtualenv ) into a single repository which users can simply clone and start working?

Answer 1

There is no Windows in your list, which is fortunate.

I would do this by creating a single repo that they can clone. You could put the required Python 3.3 installer in the repo and request people to install that if they have not done so yet.

After cloning the repo, your collaborators would then do the following:

First ensure that virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper are installed globally:

sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

Activate virtualenvwrapper:

# consider adding this to ~/.profile or equivalent
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Create and activate ipy virtual environment:

mkvirtualenv ipy

Install the necessary requirements:

pip install -r repo/reqs.txt

repo/reqs.txt contains the following:

tornado
pyzmq
ipython
numpy
matplotlib

In future, they would just do:

workon ipy

to activate the relevant virtualenv, and then:

ipython notebook

to start the ipython notebook.

Answer 2

I would suggest using an all in one installer like Anaconda or EPD. I don't think a single repo to clone will work as, I guess many thing like numpy will need a compile step.