How to build ipython into venv out of almost nothing.

virtualenv-ipython-bootstrap

# Copyright (c) 2015 Radovan Bast
# Licensed under the MIT license - http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

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# step 1: bootstrap a venv out of almost nothing
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# temporary directory, will be erased after we are done
TEMP_DIR=`mktemp -d`

# final venv directory
VENV_DIR=~/venv

# normally nothing to edit below except perhaps versions

export PYTHONPATH=$TEMP_DIR/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/:$PYTHONPATH
export PATH=$TEMP_DIR/local/bin:$PATH

module add python

cd $TEMP_DIR
wget --no-check-certificate https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-5.7.tar.gz#md5=81f980854a239d60d074d6ba052e21ed
tar xvzf setuptools-5.7.tar.gz
cd setuptools-5.7/
mkdir -p $TEMP_DIR/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
python setup.py install --prefix=$TEMP_DIR/local

easy_install --prefix=$TEMP_DIR/local virtualenv

virtualenv $VENV_DIR

cd ~

# clean up
# rm -rf $TEMP_DIR

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# step 2: now log out, log in again, and install ipython
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source ~/venv/bin/activate

module add python
easy_install ipython