# check Python version import sys assert sys.version_info.major == 3, "You need python 3." print("Python version is {} -> okay".format(sys.version_info[0:30])) # check IPython version import IPython assert IPython.version_info[0] == 3, "You need IPython >= 3.1" assert IPython.version_info[1] >= 1, "You need IPython >= 3.1" print("IPython version is {} -> okay".format(IPython.version_info)) print("You are all set for the IPython course at the NGCM Summer academy 2015.")