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Upgrading from a previous version

If you are upgrading from a previous version of IPython, after doing the routine installation described in sec.2, you may want to call IPython with the -upgrade option the first time you run your new copy. This will automatically update your configuration directory while preserving copies of your old files. You can then later merge back any personal customizations you may have made into the new files. It is a good idea to do this as there may be new options available in the new configuration files which you will not have.

Under Windows, if you don't know how to call python scripts with arguments from a command line, simply delete the old config directory and IPython will make a new one. Win2k and WinXP users will find it in C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\.ipython, and Win 9x users under C:\Program Files\IPython\.ipython.



Fernando Perez 2002-04-29