After installing with pip, "jupyter: command not found"

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After installing with pip install jupyter, terminal still cannot find jupyter notebook.

Ubuntu simply says command not found. Similar with ipython. Did pip not get install properly or something? How does Ubuntu know where to look for executables installed with pip?

Possible duplicate of [Jupyter notebook command does not work on Mac](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35029029/jupyter-notebook-command-does-not-work-on-mac) — Léo Léopold Hertz 준영, Jun 07 '16 at 11:15
This is not only Mac related. In both systems, my proposal solves the case. — Léo Léopold Hertz 준영, Jun 07 '16 at 11:19
seems like this should be here https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu — ChrisM, Jul 20 '18 at 16:48
great question. so many answers and none of them work for me when using `brew` on `high sierra` — WestCoastProjects, Feb 26 '19 at 02:56
Also just a minor note: I needed the "--user" flag when installing, so `python3 -m pip install --user jupyter` worked for me — manesioz, Aug 28 '19 at 03:46
Related Windows question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41034866/running-jupyter-via-command-line-on-windows — mic, Mar 23 '20 at 21:30

score 220 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '16 at 14:57

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you did not log out and log in ? It should be on your path to execute. If not, pip installed executables in .local, so in a terminal:

 ~/.local/bin/jupyter-notebook

should start notebook

answered Feb 10 '16 at 14:57

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pip does not put jupyter on your path. This is a blunder in the docs for jupyter installation. – Dean Schulze Nov 05 '16 at 19:15
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Hi, this works for me, but I would like to understand why. I used sudo to pip install jupyter, shouldnt it be a system-wide install ? – jerpint Feb 28 '17 at 17:37
@DeanSchulze, hey then how does one install it? – Gezim Jul 16 '17 at 03:51
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I wonder this is not a solution. One should be able type "jupyter" command. [emunsing](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4619397/emunsing) has a better, complete [aswer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/38257349/7388116). – Denis Trofimov Jun 28 '18 at 08:11
Is there any tip for running it on WSL Debian? I tried all the advices on this post, no avail. – Timo Oct 24 '20 at 12:35
Still says command not found. Something just destroyed my working jupyter installation. I think pip destroyed it. This is ubuntu os, the most popular linux IIRC. It is for a coursera course which gave me the commands it needed to install course requirements for software libs. – Geoffrey Anderson Jul 29 '21 at 13:16

score 145 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '16 at 00:40

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To be able to run jupyter notebook from terminal, you need to make sure that ~/.local/bin is in your path.

Do this by running export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin for your current session, or adding that line to the end of ~/.bashrc to make your changes last for future sessions (e.g. by using nano ~/.bashrc). If you edit ~/.bashrc you will need to log out and log back in to make see your changes take effect.

answered Jul 08 '16 at 00:40

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For changes to made to `~/.bashrc`, there is no need to log out and then back in. Just do `source ~/.bashrc` and that will suffice. – edwinksl Jul 08 '16 at 00:48
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For those using zsh, you can update `~/.zshrc` and then `source ~/.zshrc` – thatguyintech Feb 02 '22 at 06:25

score 145 · Answer 3 · edited May 04 '20 at 20:27

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Try

python -m notebook

Or, if you used pip3 to install the notebook:

python3 -m notebook

On Mac OS Catalina and brewed Python3.7

edited May 04 '20 at 20:27

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answered Jan 02 '20 at 23:27

ehacinom

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I have Mas OS Catalina, and yes this solution have worked for me ! But I don't know why the command `jupyter notebook` doesn't work anymore ? – Ismail Addou Jan 07 '20 at 18:51
The only one worked for me for python3.6 on Ubuntu (but of course I ran `python3.6 -m notebook` instead), That's because I installed Jupyter using pip3.6 (which I wanted). – Yahya Apr 13 '20 at 12:56
This works but it just shows the plain notebook view, not the jupyter lab view – CGFoX Sep 27 '21 at 08:04

score 59 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 06 '20 at 14:42

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I tried both,

pip install jupyter

and

pip3 install jupyter

but finally got it done using

sudo -H pip install jupyter

execute a command as another user -H

The -H (HOME) option requests that the security policy set the HOME environment variable to the home directory of the target user (root by default) as specified by the password database. Depending on the policy, this may be the default behavior.

edited Mar 06 '20 at 14:42

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answered Dec 08 '17 at 21:19

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This worked for me on macOS High Sierra running in a virtual env – astronomotrous Nov 14 '18 at 06:23
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I ran into issues later by using SUDO with pip. Generally you shouldn't do this. – Nic Scozzaro Mar 26 '20 at 17:42
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@TomAranda ... but that assumes that you know what's going on in your environment. That's often not the case. This is simply list of commands that might work for some people with no guarantees what it breaks. I am sure that if OP understand all the implications and what was the problem in first place, they would explain. I still find those snippets helpful even though it's not the exact answer to the problem. It's complicated world of package dependencies, sometimes it's just not worth to understand exactly what's going on. Unless it's a lunar orbit software. – NeverEndingQueue Apr 19 '20 at 09:42

Pranayjeet Thakare · Answer 5 · 2017-11-23T11:45:59.310

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Execute this in Terminal

export PATH=~/anaconda3/bin:$PATH

Worked for me on Ubuntu 16.10, Python3, Anaconda3

UPDATE

Add path in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc(if you are using zsh bash) file

vi ~/.bashrc

add the below line to the file

PATH=~/path/to/anaconda:$PATH

Close the file with

esc + : + wq

edited Nov 23 '17 at 11:45

answered Mar 14 '17 at 14:57

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this worked for me! I did install anaconda beforehand – Kevin Danikowski May 14 '18 at 03:05
Please read again the question. I have described the anaconda install scenario, but the question is related to the pip. >After installing with pip install jupyter – Denis Trofimov Jun 28 '18 at 08:10

score 13 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 22 '18 at 20:09

On Mac OS you need to export ~/.local/bin inside your $PATH variable.

# Edit the bash profile:
$ vim ~/.bash_profile

# Add this line inside ~/.bash_profile:
export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin

# Update the source:
$ source ~/.bash_profile

# Open Jupyter:
$ jupyter notebook

Arman Feyzi · Answer 7 · 2018-05-25T09:35:49.330

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If jupyter run by this command:

~/.local/bin/jupyter-notebook

simply run this command in terminal

 export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH

edited May 25 '18 at 09:35

answered May 24 '18 at 20:47

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score 11 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 20 '18 at 16:36

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On Mac Os High Sierra, I installed jupyter with

python3 -m pip install jupyter

And then, binary were installed in:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/jupyter-notebook

answered Jul 20 '18 at 16:36

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score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 15:47

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Open a terminal window using Ctrl+Alt+T.
Run the command gedit ~/.profile.
Add the line. export PATH=$PATH:/.local/bin/jupyter-notebook. to the bottom and save.
Log out and log in again.

Hopefully this will work.

answered Jun 27 '17 at 15:47

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score 7 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 07 '19 at 06:58

After installation of Jupyter Notebook on Ubuntu I got below error:

Exception: Jupyter command 'jupyter-notebook' not found.

I used simple command it's working for me

pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir jupyter

Source: http://commandstech.com/how-to-install-jupyter-on-ubuntu16-04-with-pictures-commands-errors-solution/

After exit from root user then execute :

jupyter notebook

score 4 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 25 '17 at 08:12

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Try "pip3 install jupyter", instead of pip. It worked for me.

answered Jan 25 '17 at 08:12

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score 4 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 10 '20 at 14:06

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Here what I did on Linux mint 19:

I installed jupyter with:

pip install jupyter

and command:

jupyter notebook

didn't work, so with:

sudo apt install jupyter-notebook

I fixed the issue, jupyter notebook worked then.

answered Jun 10 '20 at 14:06

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Haowen Wang · Answer 13 · 2020-09-02T08:56:05.513

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Now in the year of 2020. fix this issue by my side with mac: pip install jupyterlab instead pip install jupyter. there will be an warning before successfully installed keywords: enter image description here

you can see the path with jupyterlab then you just need to start jupyter notebook by following in path:

jupyter-lab

notebook will automatic loaded by your default browser.

edited Sep 02 '20 at 08:56

answered Aug 28 '20 at 09:41

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Kohn1001 · Answer 14 · 2018-10-29T06:27:23.420

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The only thing that worked me is to export to PATH the Python version that is related to the pip3 of course :) (after a lot of struggling) just run:

which pip3

you should get something like (in Mac):

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/pip3

Now run:

export PATH=/Library/Python/3.6/bin:$PATH

If it works for you :) just add it to your bashrc or zshrc

edited Oct 29 '18 at 06:27

answered Oct 28 '18 at 17:17

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 05 '18 at 07:57

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If you installed Jupyter notebook for Python 2 using 'pip' instead of 'pip3' it might work to run:

ipython notebook

answered Feb 05 '18 at 07:57

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Feb 03 '22 at 22:20

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I tried everything and at the end this worked for me on Raspberry pi 4 running Raspbian os

sudo apt install python3-notebook jupyter jupyter-core

answered Feb 03 '22 at 22:20

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Jan 10 '19 at 17:19

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Most generally (in case of jupyter not being in /local/bin) use,

which jupyter

Example output

~/miniconda3/bin/jupyter

to see the path for jupyter, then explicitly use that path with sudo

sudo ~/miniconda3/bin/jupyter

answered Jan 10 '19 at 17:19

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Aug 13 '19 at 14:48

I compiled python3.7 from the source code, with the following command

./configure --prefix=/opt/python3.7.4 --with-ssl
make
make install

after pip3.7 install jupyter I found the executable is under /opt/python3.7.4/bin

check my answer here Missing sqlite3 after Python3 compile to get more detail comping python3.7 and pip under ubuntu14.04

score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Oct 06 '19 at 09:57

Anyone looking for running jupyter as sudo, when jupyter installed with virtualenv (without sudo) - this worked for me:

First verify this is a PATH issue:

Check if the path returned by which jupyter is covered by the sudo user:

sudo env | grep ^PATH

(As opposed to the current user: env | grep ^PATH)

If its not covered - add a soft link from it to one of the covered paths. For ex:

sudo ln -s /home/user/venv/bin/jupyter /usr/local/bin

Now you sould be able to run:

sudo jupyter notebook

score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Feb 07 '21 at 16:24

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Install jupyterlab.

If you get this error:

ERROR: After October 2020 you may experience errors when installing or updating packages. This is because pip will change the way that it resolves dependency conflicts.

We recommend you use --use-feature=2020-resolver to test your packages with the new resolver before it becomes the default.

requests 2.25.1 requires idna<3,>=2.5, but you'll have idna 3.1 which is incompatible.

Use this:

pip3 install jupyterlab --use-feature=2020-resolver

answered Feb 07 '21 at 16:24

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It led to ````no such option: --use-feature```` – Shardul Birje Jun 30 '21 at 09:05
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Hmm, probably they've changes something with new version releases. Try running it without `--use-feature=2020-resolver` and see if it works. – atkuzmanov Jul 01 '21 at 13:20

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 13:21

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On MacOs, this worked for me:

/Users/`userName`/opt/anaconda3/bin/jupyter_mac.command

answered Nov 22 '21 at 13:21

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Mar 26 '22 at 02:35

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Re-install jupyter with conda:

conda install jupyter

answered Mar 26 '22 at 02:35

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Your answer could be improved by adding more information on what the command does and how it helps the OP. – Tyler2P Mar 26 '22 at 10:19

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered May 29 '22 at 13:52

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For me, it didn't work until I activated Virtual Environment.

answered May 29 '22 at 13:52

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