Intellij idea does not run IPython notebook properly

Question

i have conda installation with python 2.7.10 in windows 8, with installed ipython notebook and jupyter. when i try to run ipython notebook from console? it runs just ok. but from intellij idea i receive an error, like it doesn't see notebook installments:

path\to\python\Miniconda3\envs\py27\python.exe path\to.IntelliJIdea14\config\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\pycharm_load_entry_point.py notebook --no-browser --ip 127.0.0.1 --port 8888

Traceback (most recent call last): File "path\to.IntelliJIdea14\config\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\pycharm_load_entry_point.py", line 8, in load_entry_point(dist, "console_scripts", name)()

File "path\topython\Miniconda3\envs\py27\lib\site-packages\setuptools-18.3.2-py2.7.egg\pkg_resources__init__.py", line 558, in load_entry_point
File "path\topython\Miniconda3\envs\py27\lib\site-packages\setuptools-18.3.2-py2.7.egg\pkg_resources__init__.py", line 2681, in load_entry_point ImportError: Entry point ('console_scripts', 'ipython') not found

i've tried to make it work several times, console and ide concurrently, and once in a time it did run in ide too, but after succesful shutdown it doesn't run again. What could be a problem?

# packages in environment at path\to\python\Miniconda3\envs\py27:

#

jupyter-client 4.0.0

jupyter-core 4.0.6

jupyter_client 4.0.0 py27_0

jupyter_core 4.0.6 py27_0

[py27] conda list ipython

# packages in environment at path\to\python\Miniconda3\envs\py27: #

ipython 4.0.0 py27_0

ipython-genutils 0.1.0

ipython-notebook 4.0.4 py27_0

ipython-qtconsole 4.0.1 py27_0

ipython_genutils 0.1.0 py27_0

could jupyter install be a problem?

offby1 offby1 · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-22T01:13:57

As far as I can tell this is a problem with Intellij IDEA and not with Jupyter.

I'm having the exact same problem with Intellij IDEA 14.1.5 using Anaconda with Jupyter Notebook installed. However when I attempt to start Ipython Notebook in pyCharm it works fine (Though I had to downgrade to Ipython 3.2.1, but that is an entirely unrelated issue, just mentioning it in case it happens to you).

As for a solution:

Just replace the content of {config_dir}.IntelliJIdea14\config\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\pycharm_load_entry_point.py with the following code:

import os, sys
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point

if __name__ == '__main__':
  dist = os.environ.get("PYCHARM_EP_DIST")
  name = os.environ.get("PYCHARM_EP_NAME")
  if dist == "ipython" and name == "ipython":
    from IPython import start_ipython
    f = start_ipython
  else:
    f = load_entry_point(dist, "console_scripts", name)
  sys.exit(f())

I found this hack by chance on github. Not sure if you can rely on it though, it may be overwritten by future updates.

Intellij idea does not run IPython notebook properly

1 Answers