Can't get ipython console in spyder
Question: I'm having trouble getting an **ipython** console in Spyder. It only offers a
**python** interpreter under the "interpreters" menu.

I've seen this issue for a couple of others in Stackoverflow, but didn't have
much joy with the proffered solutions.

I'm running linux Mint 16 and have installed both ipython (v 1.1.0) and Spyder
(v 2.2.1) the easy way via the Mint _Software Manager_. I made sure that I
also installed **ipython-qtconsole** and verified that I could run it from a
terminal (i.e. ipython qtconsole).

I can activate an ipython console using the following commands in a Spyder
python console:

    
    
    import IPython
    IPython.start_ipython()
    

though the font coloring is strange and doesn't work well on a white
background (e.g. error messages in yellow and light green). It would be nice
anyway to be able to start ipython the normal way from the Spyder menu.


Answer: You may want to install `python-zmq` for Python 2 and `python3-zmq` for Python
3.

I use Ubuntu 14.04, so:

`sudo apt-get install python-zmq python3-zmq`

