ubuntu14.04
ref.
http://blog.csdn.net/elaine_bao/article/details/50675777
$ sudo apt remove ipython
$ sudo pip install ipython
or
$ sudo pip -proxy=http://xxx.xxx.xxx:8888/ install ipython
when an error occurs even if proxy is set on /etc/apt/apt.conf
$ sudo pip install jupyter
Then you can read ipython notebook successfully.
$ ipython notebook
...
Enjoy!