Update iPython to version 2.0 on Mac OS

Question

I have Canopy installed on my Mac OS. As I see the version 2.0 of iPython was been released and I want to install it.

But when I am trying to install it I get the next message:

$ enpkg ipython

prefix: /Users/demas/Library/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User
No update necessary, 'ipython' is up-to-date.
ipython-1.2.1-2.egg was installed on: Sun Apr  6 17:08:21 2014

Why my python installation can not find the new version of IPython ?

Update:

I have updated package using:

 pip install ipython --upgrade

but I am not sure, is it save way to upgrade packages in the Canopy distribution ?

Answer 1

For the most recent version of all already-installed packages (only from enpkg version 4.6 or higher):

$ enpkg --update-all

Display available updates of already-installed packages:

$ enpkg --whats-new

Try This:

enpkg --remove ipython
enpkg ipython

Answer 2

The iPython docs recommend two methods for installing/updating iPython on a mac. enpkg and Anaconda. I use Anaconda, currently I am running iPython 2.0 on my Macbook. If you want to try Anaconda out, first you must install Anaconda using their gui installer, and then run the following command in your terminal:

conda update ipython