pyzmq installation error with dependency on gcc

Question

I tried installing pyzmq by http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/install/install.html as I want to install ipython. But it has dependency on pyzmq which has dependency on gcc. I already have gcc installed but still I am getting the following error while install pyzmq.

   compilation terminated.
   error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

The script also has following in it:

If you expected pyzmq to link against an installed libzmq, please check to make sure:

    * You have a C compiler installed
    * A development version of Python is installed (including headers)
    * A development version of ZMQ >= 2.1.4 is installed (including headers)
    * If ZMQ is not in a default location, supply the argument --zmq=<path>
    * If you did recently install ZMQ to a default location,
      try rebuilding the ld cache with `sudo ldconfig`
      or specify zmq's location with `--zmq=/usr/local`

You can skip all this detection/waiting nonsense if you know
you want pyzmq to bundle libzmq as an extension by passing:

    `--zmq=bundled`

I will now try to build libzmq as a Python extension

I already have all the above but still issues. I am guessing I have path issues i.e. may be pyzmq is looking at other location but how do I solve this problem

Answer 1

This is a huge issue in Windows to install ipython. I would recommend Windows users to never go the pip or easy_install way to install it. I faced a lot of issues like above. I read that it still has dependencies issues on github i.e. via pip.

I got it installed finally by this:

Download and install Anaconda

Update IPython to the current version by:
Go to Anaconda directory or look for anaconda cmd & do the following:

conda update conda
conda update ipython