ipython install new modules

Question

I am used to the R functionality of installing packages and I am trying to do the same thing with ipython. Sometimes the following method works but then again somet

Answer 1

actually there is a much much much more elegant solution. when pip is installed then within python you can do things like this as well:

import pip

def install(package):
   pip.main(['install', package])

install('requests') 

which is easier. once logged into a virtualenv you can just make sure that you have what you need in the session you are in. easy.

edit

Another alternative would be to use the %%bash magic.

%%bash
pip install requests

edit2

If you want the standard output, one could even use the exclamation bang.

! pip install requests