[IPython-dev] Trouble installing IPython3 into dist-packages

[Thomas Kluyver]

On 9 November 2014 19:45, Dong Ta <dongta.hds at gmail.com> wrote:

> However, it doesn't install IPython into the system dist-packages
> directory (/usr/lib/python3.4/dist-packages). If I run IPython and try to
> locate the module file, it points to my user's IPython directory
> (/home/dongta/ipython/IPython).
>
> Why is that and how can I install into the system dist-packages so that
> other users can use it?
>

I would guess that -e effectively implies --user. Try installing without
that. You'll probably also need sudo to install it systemwide:

sudo pip3 install ".[notebook]"

Thomas
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