i am not sure what's going on... after the interruption, the package is not marked as needing update anymore...
the rest of the story: [...] ipython-0.10 (extracting)|*************************************************|100% Adjusting sha for /usr/local/share/examples/ipython/kernel/pkg.lM4jYRP1TK from vHAzTHSd+Uf57n2eXFpQCHpvIrNWtKgCDOOfZXpbtWs= to 4cVeR/ZuC0TAJ7yteCvoyUb7p/43bndUH51xv309jac= Caught SIGINT. Installation of ipython-0.10 failed, partial installation recorded as partial-ipython-0.10 at /usr/sbin/pkg_add line 663 $ pkg_delete partial-ipython-0.10 partial-ipython-0.10: ok $ pkg_add ipython $ $ ipython Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Apr 15 2010, 15:29:58) Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. IPython 0.10 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. ? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features. %quickref -> Quick reference. help -> Python's own help system. object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more. In [1]: -f -- and on the 8th day god said, "murphy, you're in charge"