How can I run jupyter notebook from my virtual environment?

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I have created a virtual environment with Python3.3 which I need to interface with Siemens NX. conda create -n nxve python=3.3 anaconda

I wan to run jupyter notebook from this virtual environment. When I try to install it, I'm getting version conflicts.

activate nxev
conda install jupyter
Fetching package metadata ...........
Solving package specifications: .

UnsatisfiableError: The following specifications were found to be in 
conflict:
  - jupyter -> ipykernel -> jupyter_client -> jupyter_core -> python 2.7*
  - python 3.3*
Use "conda info <package>" to see the dependencies for each package.

How an I get jupyter notebook installed in this virtual environment? Alternatively, is it possible to run the virtual environment kernel from the root installation of jupyter notebook?

You can try to install just ipykernel, which should install a kernel that you can use from the root environment's install of notebook. However, why are you installing all of anaconda into this new environment? Why not just conda create -n nxve python=3.3 and then install only the packages you need? I suspect that is causing some errors, if any of the dependencies for jupyter aren't packaged for Python 3.3 — darthbith

David David · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-09T15:43:55

The Jupyter stack often spawns other processes. My guess is that when you run python on the command line it will resolve to python 2.7. Try setting an alias:

alias python=python3

Also make sure that your PATH and PYTHONPATH variables are not pointing to anything python2 related.

How can I run jupyter notebook from my virtual environment?

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