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Cannot import 'ipdb', even when running in 'ipython'

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I have ipython installed, and it works fine – but for whatever reason, I’m unable to import ipdb. I’m not sure how to further troubleshoot this.

$ python3 -m pip -q install ipython

$ ipython3 --profile=none
Python 3.8.9 (default, May 11 2021, 02:10:31)
Type 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information
IPython 7.23.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.

IPython profile: none

In [1]: import ipdb
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ModuleNotFoundError                       Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-5aecdc9391ac> in <module>
----> 1 import ipdb

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ipdb'

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

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MrMinocommented, May 16, 2021

You need to pip install ipdb first in order to get IPython PDB implementation as a separate module / command.

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ivanovcommented, May 18, 2021

I thought ipdb came as part of ipython. Apparently not?

not as an importable module. As I wrote above, you can get to the debugging mode in ipython, which does have a leading ipdb> prompt - that’s part of IPython - but not import ipdb - that’s a separate project.

I’m going to go ahead and close this, since this is not an IPython issue.

Happy hacking! :bowtie:

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