{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, pythonPackages, pyqt4 ? null, sip ? null , notebookSupport ? true # ipython notebook , qtconsoleSupport ? true # ipython qtconsole , pylabSupport ? true # ipython --pylab (backend: agg - no gui, just file) , pylabQtSupport ? true # ipython --pylab=qt (backend: Qt4Agg - plot to window) }: # ipython qtconsole works with both pyside and pyqt4. But ipython --pylab=qt # only works with pyqt4 (at least this is true for ipython 0.13.1). So just use # pyqt4 for both. assert qtconsoleSupport == true -> pyqt4 != null; assert pylabQtSupport == true -> pyqt4 != null && sip != null; buildPythonPackage rec { name = "ipython-0.13.1"; namePrefix = ""; src = fetchurl { url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/ipython/${name}.tar.gz"; sha256 = "1h7q2zlyfn7si2vf6gnq2d0krkm1f5jy5nbi105by7zxqjai1grv"; }; propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.readline pythonPackages.sqlite3 # required for history support ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals notebookSupport [ pythonPackages.tornado pythonPackages.pyzmq pythonPackages.jinja2 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals qtconsoleSupport [ pythonPackages.pygments pythonPackages.pyzmq pyqt4 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals pylabSupport [ pythonPackages.matplotlib ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals pylabQtSupport [ pythonPackages.matplotlib pyqt4 sip ]; doCheck = false; meta = { homepage = http://ipython.scipy.org/; description = "An interactive computing environment for Python"; license = "BSD"; longDescription = '' The goal of IPython is to create a comprehensive environment for interactive and exploratory computing. It consists of an enhanced interactive Python shell and an architecture for interactive parallel computing. ''; }; }