[Python-modules-team] Bug#459411: isympy fails to start

[Soeren Sonnenburg]

On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 13:25 +0100, Ondrej Certik wrote:
> On Jan 6, 2008 11:44 AM, Soeren Sonnenburg <bugreports at nn7.de> wrote:
> > Package: python-sympy
> > Version: 0.5.9-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > $ isympy
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > exceptions.AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
> >
> > /usr/bin/isympy
> >     132                 run_python_interpreter()
> >     133
> >     134 if __name__ == "__main__":
> > --> 135     main()
> >     136
> >
> > /usr/bin/isympy in main()
> >     127     else:
> >     128             try:
> > --> 129                 run_ipython_interpreter()
> >     130
> >     131             except ImportError:
> >
> > /usr/bin/isympy in run_ipython_interpreter()
> >      59     args = []
> >      60     ipshell = IPShellEmbed(args)
> > ---> 61     api = ipshell.IP.getapi()
> >      62     api.ex(init_code)
> >      63     api.ex('__IP.compile("from __future__ import division", "<input>", "single") in __IP.user_ns')
> >
> > AttributeError: InteractiveShell instance has no attribute 'getapi'
> >
> 
> Hi Soeren,
> 
> thanks very much for the bug report. You use stable, right? Which
> version of ipython do you have?

No, I am on up-to-date sid, but for some reason I don't even have the
ipython package installed, but something strange:

$ dpkg -l | grep ipython
ii  ipython-common                       0.6.13-1                     enhanced interactive Python shell [common fi
ii  python2.4-ipython                    0.6.13-1                     enhanced interactive Python shell [built for

> For me, it works with Version: 0.8.1-2. We could add conflict with the
> version of ipython that
> you have and lower, but that would render python-sympy uninstallable
> for some people.

I installed ipython and isympy just works!

I guess the solution/fix would be to add ipython as recommends?

> Easy workaround is this:
> 
> $ isympy -c python

Indeed that works too.

> Please tell me, if it works.

Thanks!
Soeren