Installing IPython in emacs

Question

My apologies if this is a repost. I couldn't find a similar one in the questions.

I am trying to set up emacs as my python IDE with IPython in it. Basically follow this http://www.jesshamrick.com/2012/09/18/emacs-as-a-python-ide/

The version of python in my emacs shell is 2.7.5 whereas the one in terminal 2.7.6. However typing ipython in to the emacs shell shows ipython is not installed, but I was able to install ipython to the terminal.

I would like to know how to install the ipython plugin to the .emacs file. When you say install, does it mean copy the files and put it there ? If yes, I have done this. However when I try to run a python program, it shows "Searching for program: No such file or directory, ipython. Thanks in advance for the help.

Answer 1

It seems that your emacs cannot find ipython. You may need to set PATH environment variable, but for now, I think this works...

In your terminal do which ipython , and you will get your ipython executable path. Then in your .emacs file, change "ipython" in the following line to whatever the absolute path that you get.

(setq-default py-shell-name "ipython")