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Jupyter kernel for the Python programming language
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Is it possible to specify the xeus-python kernel to jupyterlab installed in another virtual environment? #378

Open HuichuanLiu opened 3 years ago

HuichuanLiu commented 3 years ago

Nice to see this package frees people from hard debugging on Jupyter. I am facing a small problem at the start of the journey.

The xeus-python kernel works perfectly when it was installed in the same conda environment with the jupyterlab. But I didn't find a way to use an existing xeus-python kernel on the jupyterlab installed in base env.

(base) hcl@DESKTOP-BFS5NUK:~/anaconda3/share/jupyter$ conda env list
# conda environments: 
#  
base                     /home/hcl/anaconda3
EMG2LegPy38              /home/hcl/anaconda3/envs/EMG2LegPy38
xeus-python              /home/hcl/anaconda3/envs/xeus-python

I tried the jupyter kernelspec install command but it doesn't work either.

(base) hcl@DESKTOP-BFS5NUK:~/anaconda3/share/jupyter$ jupyter kernelspec install /home/hcl/anaconda3/envs/xeus-python --sys-prefix
[InstallKernelSpec] Removing existing kernelspec in /home/hcl/anaconda3/share/jupyter/kernels/xeus-python 
[InstallKernelSpec] Installed kernelspec xeus-python in /home/hcl/anaconda3/share/jupyter/kernels/xeus-python

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(base) hcl@DESKTOP-BFS5NUK:~/anaconda3/share/jupyter$ jupyter kernelspec list
Available kernels:
  python3        /home/hcl/anaconda3/share/jupyter/kernels/python3
  emg2legpy38    /usr/local/share/jupyter/kernels/emg2legpy38

Then I used ipykernel and it succeeds.

(base) hcl@DESKTOP-BFS5NUK:~$ /home/hcl/anaconda3/bin/python  -m ipykernel install --name xeus-python_ipykernel --user
Installed kernelspec xeus-python_ipykernel in /home/hcl/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/xeus-python_ipykernel 
(base) hcl@DESKTOP-BFS5NUK:~/anaconda3/share/jupyter$ jupyter kernelspec list
Available kernels:
  xeus-python_ipykernel    /home/hcl/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/xeus-python_ipykernel
  python3                  /home/hcl/anaconda3/share/jupyter/kernels/python3
  emg2legpy38    /usr/local/share/jupyter/kernels/emg2legpy38

However, jupyter naturally recognize the ipykernel instead of the xeus-python kernel hence debugging is no more supported.

So I would like to know how to install an existing xeus-python kernel to a jupyterlab in another environment.

JohanMabille commented 3 years ago

The kernelspec install command is currently not supported by xeus-python. You need to install the kernel in the environment where Jupyter Lab is installed (and yes, this means potentially installing the same package in different environments).

martinRenou commented 3 years ago

It might be possible by adding the proper path to jupyter --paths?

CarlAndersson commented 3 years ago

I got this working by manually creating a kernelspec in /Users/me/Library/Jupyter/kernels. I copied the folder with the kernelspec from the environment where xeus is installed to one of the places where jupyter will look for kernels. Not sure if this breaks anything, but basic functionality is there.