2 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/ipython/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/ipython/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68064dded3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/shells/ipython/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage }:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  name = "ipython-0.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/0.10.1/ipython-0.10.1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "18zwrg25zn72w4rmcwxzcw11ibgp001fawm2sz189zv86z70fxi2";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://ipython.scipy.org/;
+    description = "An interactive computing environment for Python";
+    license = "BSD";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      The goal of IPython is to create a comprehensive environment
+      for interactive and exploratory computing. It consists of an
+      enhanced interactive Python shell and an architecture for
+      interactive parallel computing.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe9ad364e752..c71f47468db8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1443,6 +1443,20 @@ let
 
   dash = callPackage ../shells/dash { };
 
+  ipython = callPackage ../shells/ipython {
+    # I did not find any better way of reusing buildPythonPackage+setuptools
+    # for a python with openssl support
+    buildPythonPackage = assert pythonFull.readlineSupport;
+      import ../development/python-modules/generic {
+        inherit makeWrapper lib;
+        python = pythonFull;
+        setuptools = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/python-modules/setuptools) {
+          inherit makeWrapper;
+          python = pythonFull;
+        };
+      };
+ };
+
   tcsh = callPackage ../shells/tcsh { };
 
   rush = callPackage ../shells/rush { };