How to Install and Uninstall ipython Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "ipython" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ipython on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ipython" package

Learn how to uninstall ipython on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ipython
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ipython package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ipython
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 3300
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: all
Version: 2.4.1-1
Depends: python-decorator, python-pexpect, python-simplegeneric, python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8)
Suggests: ipython-doc, ipython-notebook, ipython-qtconsole, python-matplotlib, python-numpy, python-profiler, python-zmq (>= 2.1.11)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ipython/ipython_2.4.1-1_all.deb
Size: 610366
MD5sum: 06c53b814e235de9a2982d0ed7f77817
SHA1: 0936dd64c15ac2c3dbe9da0ec0c0148605f21d34
SHA256: 234b02cb0786efff70d8d381fdc8bdad39f9a79947134a27e5ed434b792de702
Description-en: enhanced interactive Python shell
IPython can be used as a replacement for the standard Python shell,
or it can be used as a complete working environment for scientific
computing (like Matlab or Mathematica) when paired with the standard
Python scientific and numerical tools. It supports dynamic object
introspections, numbered input/output prompts, a macro system,
session logging, session restoring, complete system shell access,
verbose and colored traceback reports, auto-parentheses, auto-quoting,
and is embeddable in other Python programs.
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This package contains the basic terminal shell. For the qt console
install ipython-qtconsole and for the html notebook install
ipython-notebook.
Description-md5: 2b28f078a5ca3afc48380ee4b507967d
Homepage: http://ipython.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu