Here’s what you need to do to get ipython running on maemo scratchbox (Diablo, though also applicable for Chinook with slight modifications):
Ensure that you have the following in /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras diablo free non-free
Run ‘apt-get update’ and ‘apt-get upgrade’ (this is because the python2.5 shipped with Diablo comes without readline support), then install setuptools:
apt-get install python2.5-setuptools
Install ipython with easy_install:
python2.5 /usr/bin/easy_install ipython
HOWEVER, the maemo sdk’s have a buggy readline, so you should fix the cd completer if you are using a newer ipython than 0.8.4. In that case, you should add the following lines to your ipy_user_conf.py:
import ipy_completers
ipy_completers.greedy_cd_completer = True
And to always get the latest nightly snapshot of ipython, do:
wget http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/testing/ipython-dev-nightly.tgz
cd ipython-dev-nightly
python2.5 setup.py install
