[FIXED] iPython throwing an error when launched: "ipythonrc not found"

Issue

I'm getting a strange error when I launch iPython. I'm running Snow Leopard

WARNING: Configuration file ipythonrc not found. Ignoring request.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/ConfigLoader.py", line 66, in load
    fname = filefind(fname,incpath)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/genutils.py", line 555, in filefind
    ' not found in current or supplied directories:' + `alt_dirs`
IOError: File'ipythonrc' not found in current or supplied directories:u'/Users/admin_mcadminson/.ipython'

WARNING: Problems loading configuration file 'ipythonrc'
Starting with default -bare bones- configuration.

This is the error message that follows:

ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/ipmaker.pyc in force_import(modname, force_reload)
     61         reload(sys.modules[modname])
     62     else:
---> 63         __import__(modname)
     64         
     65 

ImportError: No module named ipy_user_conf
WARNING: /Users/admin_mcadminson/.ipython/ipy_user_conf.py does not exist, please run %upgrade!
WARNING: Loading of ipy_user_conf failed.

Solution

It seems that your version of IPython is outdated, as IPython no longer uses ipythonrc files for configuration. You probably should just upgrade it.

Before you do that, though, you should probably consider upgrading your python installation to 2.7 as well, since you're using 2.6.

Answered By - askewchan