[FIXED] Run iPython on Windows 8 64 bit

Issue

I am trying to run iPython on my Windows 8. I installed python 3.4.0 (32 bit version) and successfully installed iPython through the command

easy_install ipython[all]

The problem is when I try to run it

ipython notebook

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python34\Scripts\ipython-script.py", line 9, in <module>
load_entry_point('ipython==3.1.0', 'console_scripts', 'ipython')()
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\__init__.py", line 120, in start_ipython return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 573, in launch_instance app.initialize(argv)
File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 75, in catch_config_error return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\terminal\ipapp.py", line 321, in initialize super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 75, in catch_config_error return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\application.py", line 369, in initialize self.parse_command_line(argv)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\terminal\ipapp.py", line 316, in parse_command_line return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
File "<string>", line 2, in parse_command_line
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 75, in catch_config_error return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 471, in parse_command_line return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv)
File "<string>", line 2, in initialize_subcommand
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 75, in catch_config_error    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 402, in initialize_subcommand subapp = import_item(subapp)
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\utils\importstring.py", line 42, in import_item module = __import__(package, fromlist=[obj])
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\html\notebookapp.py", line 30, in <module> check_for_zmq('13', 'IPython.html')
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\IPython\utils\zmqrelated.py", line 10, in check_for_zmq import zmq
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\zmq\__init__.py", line 25, in <module> _libsodium = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(bundled_sodium[0])
File "C:\Python34\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 429, in LoadLibrary     return self._dlltype(name)
File "C:\Python34\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 351, in __init__     self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode) 
OSError: [WinError 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application

Probably the 'name' of some application is wrongly specified. Can you help me to understand how to fix it?

Thank you!

Solution

Easy_Install is the devil (IMHO). You might want to use Continuum Anaconda. The Continuum solution is one that simply "just works" and helps to avoid the many hassles you will most likely have later with Easy_Install.

Answered By - Matt