ipython notebook installation on mac os x - macos

Question

I am wondering if anyone has installed ipython notebook on mac OSX?
Currently I am able to run it in the terminal note but as soon as I type in the notebook version, there are problems encountered in running it.
Below is the error I have gotten:
Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/bin/ipython", line 9, in
load_entry_point('ipython==2.0.0-dev', 'console_scripts', 'ipython')() File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/init.py",
line 118, in start_ipython
return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/config/application.py",
line 565, in launch_instance
app.initialize(argv) File "", line 2, in initialize File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/config/application.py",
line 92, in catch_config_error
return method(app, *args, **kwargs) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py",
line 314, in initialize
super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv) File "", line 2, in initialize File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/config/application.py",
line 92, in catch_config_error
return method(app, *args, **kwargs) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/core/application.py",
line 371, in initialize
self.parse_command_line(argv) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py",
line 309, in parse_command_line
return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv) File "", line 2, in parse_command_line File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/config/application.py",
line 92, in catch_config_error
return method(app, *args, **kwargs) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/config/application.py",
line 474, in parse_command_line
return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv) File "", line 2, in initialize_subcommand File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/config/application.py",
line 92, in catch_config_error
return method(app, *args, **kwargs) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/config/application.py",
line 405, in initialize_subcommand
subapp = import_item(subapp) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/utils/importstring.py",
line 42, in import_item
module = import(package, fromlist=[obj]) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/html/notebookapp.py",
line 75, in
from IPython.consoleapp import IPythonConsoleApp File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/consoleapp.py",
line 43, in
from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import ( File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py",
line 54, in
from .ipkernel import Kernel File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py", line 40, in
from .zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/kernel/zmq/zmqshell.py", line 36, in
from IPython.core.payloadpage import install_payload_page File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipython-2.0.0_dev-py2.7.egg/IPython/core/payloadpage.py",
line 24, in
from docutils.core import publish_string File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/core.py",
line 20, in
from docutils import frontend, io, utils, readers, writers File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/frontend.py",
line 41, in
import docutils.utils File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/utils/init.py",
line 20, in
import docutils.io File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/io.py",
line 18, in
from docutils.utils.error_reporting import locale_encoding, ErrorString, ErrorOutput File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/utils/error_reporting.py",
line 47, in
locale_encoding = locale.getlocale()[1] or locale.getdefaultlocale()[1] File
"/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 511, in
getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename) File "/Users/tayyangki/anaconda/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 443, in
_parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename ValueError: unknown locale: UTF-8
Greatly appreciated if someone could help me?

Answer 1

As noted here, the workaround for the "unknown locale: UTF-8" issue to add:
export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
to your to your ~/.bash_profile.

Answer 2

thanks for the info but I have found out the problems a few weeks ago and have forgotten to post it here....
It is just that for Mac installation, it is pretty tricky and hence while installing, instead of typing in: easy_install ipython, users have to specify the python version.
Thus, I will need to type in easy_install ipython2.7
After which all is fine and working great!