ImportError: No module named IPython

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When i try to use from IPython.display import clear_output, display_html, then i show the error:

Error Image
(ImportError: No module named IPython)

I am using Python 2.7.13, and im trying to make the game of life from John Conway. I am following this link: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Life.ipynb

I have read another questions and answers about it, but any answer works for me. First, this error is showed in command line, and when i try to run this code in a file. Second, this error is direct to IPython, not submodule or something similiar.

Which IPython version do you have? Can you check with running in terminal `ipython --version` — niraj, Jul 19 '17 at 02:27
Try typing 'jupyter qtconsole' and see if an iPython terminal opens. If so it will tell you that ipython is installed and it will list version number. — Natsfan, Jul 19 '17 at 03:03
Ok. I checked **ipython --version** but i havent it in my computer. Then, i wrote **pip install ipython**, but i got this error: — Jhonatan, Jul 19 '17 at 23:24
Command "c:\python27\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:\\users\\johathan\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-build-livxvv\\scandir\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\johathan\appdata\local\temp\pip-fqwttt-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\johathan\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-livxvv\scandir\ — Jhonatan, Jul 19 '17 at 23:24

score 37 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '17 at 00:01

Ok, finally i achieved my goal.

I wrote ipython --version but i found, it was not installed.
I tried to install it, with pip. I went to C:\Python27\Scripts, here is pip, you can try in this directory, or add to environment variables.
I tried to install ipython, but i found a error

error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

so i installed visual studio c++ 9.0, the version to python 2.7.

pip install ipython

score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '20 at 22:46

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If you scrolled this far you may want to try:

import IPython

as opposed to import Ipython. Notice that 2 letters are capitalized

answered Aug 08 '20 at 22:46

Wilmer E. Henao

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Lol, simple yet useful! Thanks a lot. – Martin Dec 20 '21 at 16:30
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similarly, use `python -m IPython` from the shell – chart328 Jun 23 '22 at 18:55
This was the problem. I was following along with a debugging tutorial and had typed a lowercase 'i'. – Ryan Dorrill Jul 06 '23 at 16:35

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '18 at 01:16

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For Anaconda try,

conda install -c anaconda ipython

answered Dec 11 '18 at 01:16

Shital Shah

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score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 11:51

This is most likely because ipython is not installed.

You can install it with pip.

pip install ipython

If you are using Anaconda (the full version) ipython comes preinstalled. If you are using Miniconda or if the ipython is deleted for some reason you can re-install with

conda install -c anaconda ipython

If you are using it with jupyter. You might want to register the ipython with a user.

python -m ipykernel install [--user] [--name <machine-readable-name>] [--display-name <"User Friendly Name">]

Reference :

Official Documentation

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered May 28 '19 at 10:10

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Use this code to install the IPython library:

!pip install ipython
import IPython

Well, this works on Google Colab.

answered May 28 '19 at 10:10

Anamitra Musib

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 03 '21 at 08:42

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I have a similar issue, but it appears when I was running the script under sudo. Fast and easiest way was to install IPython under sudo.

sudo pip3 install IPython

answered Aug 03 '21 at 08:42

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 20 '20 at 16:10

I am running a script that uses IPython module, in my terminal. If you are also trying to do something similar, this answer might help you.

!pip3 install IPython

Things to keep in mind:-

'I' and 'P' in IPython are uppercase.
I am running the above command in python 3.7.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 20 '22 at 14:55

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you need to import

from IPython.display import Image

initially, I imported

from IPython.display import image so there is Image not image

answered Jan 20 '22 at 14:55

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 22 '22 at 12:45

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For me, the problem (that drove me crazy) is that I actually needed capitalization. The correct import after pip install is:

from IPython.display import display, update_display

etc.

answered Jul 22 '22 at 12:45

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ImportError: No module named IPython

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