Created an Anaconda python3 environment but it still loads ipython 2.7.6

Question

So I installed Anaconda on my Ubuntu linux 12.04LTS x64 box. It seems to work fine except for this. So I created a conda environment using the

conda create -n py33dev python=3 anaconda

When I try to run the ipython shell, I would expect to get the Ipython3 shell and notebook. However, it still loads the ipython 2.7.6 shell. I tried using the ipython3 command, but it will then load an ipython3 shell from my computer and not from Anaconda.

I tried to install ipython3 to the Anaconda environment using

pip install ipython3

and

conda install ipython3

However, when I do this I just get a message saying "No packages found matching: ipython3"

So I am not sure why Anaconda runs fine with python2 but not with python3--even though Continuum indicates it is python3 ready. Am I missing a step anywhere? Does anyone know how to solve this?

Answer 1

Did you remember to do "source activate py33dev"?