Can't get ipython console in spyder

Question

I\'m having trouble getting an ipython console in Spyder. It only offers a python interpreter under the \"interpreters\" menu.

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Answer 1

I'm also using Linux Mint (18.1, at this time) and I have faced the same issue.

What solved this for me was installing Ipython3 Qt console (that, of course, should be Ipython Qt console if you're using Python 2.x).

In case you have it installed, check if you have the latest version (In Linux Mint you can do this through Synaptic, aptitude or apt-get.)

Answer 2

You may want to install python-zmq for Python 2 and python3-zmq for Python 3.

I use Ubuntu 14.04, so:

sudo apt-get install python-zmq python3-zmq