[FIXED] "No module named ipython" error despite already installed

Issue

I am trying to launch ipython using the command: python -m ipython

When launched I get the following error : C:\Program Files\Python36\python.exe: No module named ipython

This is strange because when I run python -m pip show ipython, I get the following message :

Name: ipython
Version: 6.2.1
Summary: IPython: Productive Interactive Computing
Home-page: https://ipython.org
Author: The IPython Development Team
Author-email: [email protected]
License: BSD
Location: c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages
Requires: simplegeneric, setuptools, decorator, pickleshare, traitlets,         
pygments, colorama, prompt-toolkit, jedi

I already ensured that all dependencies were correctly installed. Could you please help me ?

Solution

It is actually spelled IPython (upper case I and P to start).

python -m IPython

will do.

Edit: confusion can arise because the pypi service allows the package name and module name to differ.

Answered By - Pierre de Buyl