How to `conda install ipython`?

System: Ubuntu 14.04, python 2.7.6, pip 1.5.4 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7). I am trying to setup my packages by conda because of this table here in my system. I did successfully

sudo -H pip install auxlib sudo -H pip install conda 

I do successfully conda create -n my_root --clone=/usr. I run source activate my_root but I get

bash: activate: No such file or directory 

I still run conda install ipython but I get eventually

Error: Missing write permissions in: /usr # # You don't appear to have the necessary permissions to install packages # into the install area '/usr'. # However you can clone this environment into your home directory and # then make changes to it. # This may be done using the command: # # $ conda create -n my_root --clone=/usr 

How can you run conda install ipython?

1 Answer

You'll need to run at least conda install ipython as root (sudo).

The same likely applies to the other commands.