Launchctl for ipython notebook (and installation instructions)

installation.sh

# how to set up the virtualenv used in this

# First move org.lolrus.ipython-notebook.plist to ~/Library/LaunchAgents

NOTEBOOK_DIR=${HOME}/notebook

brew install zmq

which virtualenv > /dev/null || sudo easy_install virtualenv  # easiest to install virtualenv this way if you dont have it

mkdir ${NOTEBOOK_DIR}

cd ${NOTEBOOK_DIR}

virtualenv .env

source .env/bin/activate

easy_install readline           # pip messes up readline in a  virtualenv... this is also optional

pip install -U git+https://github.com/ipython/ipython.git tornado pyzmq

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.lolrus.ipython-notebook.plist

# now it's installed!

open http://localhost:8888

org.lolrus.ipython-notebook.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>

    <!-- CHANGE THIS TO YOUR HOME DIRECTORY -->
    <string>/Users/mike/notebook</string>

    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.lolrus.ipython-notebook</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>./.env/bin/ipython</string>
      <string>notebook</string>
      <string>--no-browser</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
</plist>