I need help opening Python using the command line from other folders. Currently, I can only open Jupyter Notebook via the command line in the directory that Python was installed in. The following commands worked:
python -m jupyter notebook
or
python -m notebook
Excluding python -m or -m results in an error.
When trying to access python from any other folders using the same commands, I get the following error:
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
A similar error is thrown when I use jupyter notebook or notebook.
I have downloaded Python and have used it using IDLE. I also installed Jupyter Notebook using pip; I did this by accessing Windows Powershell in the folder where Python is located.
Would appreciate it also if someone could explain what was happening and what I could do in the future to avoid this. Thank you for the help!
Python is not recognised outside its own folder (as you mention). To 'expose' the Python command to the console, you can add it to your Windows environment variables, as per the Python documentation.
To permanently modify the default environment variables, click Start and search for ‘edit environment variables’, or open System properties, Advanced system settings and click the Environment Variables button. In this dialog, you can add or modify User and System variables. To change System variables, you need non-restricted access to your machine (i.e. Administrator rights).
Concretely, in the environment variables of your system, edit the 'PATH' variable and add the folder with your Python executable to the path. After restarting your command prompt you should now be able to execute python commands.
While installing the Python, you can choose to add Python to PATH, if you check this while installing, you will have environment PATH variable in the machine.
Then you can just install notebook as you install any other packages/libraries in python.
pip install notebook
Once you do that, you should be able to start notebook from any folder/directory in your machine.
the command is pretty simple.
jupyter notebook
On a Windows 7 machine, I installed Python 3.8.5, pip using the get-pip.py installation script from here, and Jupypter Lab + Jupyter Notebook following the instructions here. When trying to launch Jupyter Notebook, I get the following error message:
C:\jupyter notebook
'jupyter' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
What is the problem? I verified that both Python and pip was successfully installed by launching the Python console and doing pip -V.
https://jupyter.org/install is general installation instructions, but assume some familiarity with Python, pip, and system execution path searching.
You need to add the location where pip installed jupyter to you system PATH environment variable.
To test this theory, try seeing if you have jupyter.exe in a folder similar to C:\Program Files\Python38\Scripts.
Answers to questions like this one, explain ways to edit the PATH variable.
Screenshot example of editing user's PATH:
I don't know the exact condition but try this..
"jupyter notebook"
and if it doesn't work then you might want to add installation location to your environment variables.
I have tried all of the things here on stack and on other sites with no joy...
I'd appreciate any suggestions please.
I have installed Jupyter and Notebook using pip3 - please note that I have updated pip3 before doing so.
However when trying to check the version of both jupyter --version and notebook --version my terminal is returning no command found. I have also tried to run jupyter, notebook and jupyter notebook and I am still getting the same message.
I have spent nearly two days now trying to sort this out... I'm on the verge of giving up.
I have a feeling it has something to do with my PATH variable maybe not pointing to where the jupyter executable is stored but I don't know how to find out where notebook and jupyter are stored on my system.
many thanks in advance
Bobby
You should be able to run jupyter with python -m even if the PATH variable is not set up correctly.
python -m jupyter notebook
you can check the PATH variables on Windows if you search in with the windows search function for env and then click on Edit the system environment variables > Environment Variables....
The path variable is a list of paths that the terminal checks for commands.
I didn`t work on Mac for a long time, so not sure how similar linux and mac command line still are, but on debian you control your path variable like this.
View paths:
echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
Add a path:
export PATH=$PATH:/mynewpath
For constant export add to ~/.bashrc
To view the path of the pip package, you can use
pip3 show jupyter
When jupyter-notebook works and jupyter notebook does not. It looks to me like a symlink thing. Or a Mac-specific problem.
So to summarise this is what I have found on this issue (in my experience):
to run the jupyter app you can use the jupyter-notebook command and this works, but why? This is because, the jupyter-notebook is stored in usr/local/bin which is normally always stored in the PATH variable.
I then discovered that the jupyter notebook or jupyter --version command will now work if I did the following:
open my ./bash_profile file
add the following to the bottom of the file: export PATH=$PATH:/Users/your-home-directory/Library/Python/3.7/bin
this should add the location of where jupyter is located to your path variable.
Alternatively, as suggested by #HackLab we can also do the following:
python3 -m jupyter notebook
Hopefully, this will give anyone else having the same issues I had an easier time resolving this issue.
I've found a solution from the documentation over at Jupyter https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/troubleshooting.html but I am still curious.
It states that to run the application to use the command jupyter-notebook and hey-presto! It does seem to work now. But, why is this when nearly everywhere else I have read that to run the app we just type the command jupyter notebook.
Also, if I do need to check the version of any of the Jupyter files how do I go about this now, if jupyter --version and notebook --version still don't work.
Also, how do I go about finding these files in my file system if I have no idea where they are located? And how do I go about adding these to my path so that I can, for example, check the version of these programs?
Will pip3 automatically update this software as and when needed?
Thanks again in advance
have you tried locate Jupiter? It may tell you where jupyter is on your system.
Also, why not try installing jupyter via anaconda to avoid the hassle?
I definitely would recommend going through anaconda which makes everything a lot easier.
The following is the link with step by step instructions: https://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html
I have installed Git Bash, python 3.6 and Anaconda for the course which requires me to use Unix commands within Jupyter, such as !ls, !cat, !head etc.
However, for each of these commands I get (e.g.):
'ls' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I am using Windows 10. What can I do to be able to proceed with the course?
Thanks!
Please don't use !ls as mentioned in the course.
Use %ls in the jupyter notebook and it works fine.
Hope it helps.
If you are running Jupyter Notebook in Windows run conda install posix.
It worked for me.
A way to be able to use Unix commands on Windows is to install MSYS.
Once installed, to be able to use the commands from any Windows / python prompt, supposing that MSYS is installed in C:\msys64 (if you let default path untouched), add the following directory to user or system path:
C:\msys64\usr\bin
I have installed Jupyter on Windows 10, Python 3.x via
$ pip install jupyter
The installation works fine, even though I did restart the terminal.
But trying to run
$ jupyter notebook
gives the following error
'jupyter' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
How and where do I find the executable for Jupyter?
If you are absolutely sure that your Python library path is in your system variables (and you can find that path when you pip install Jupyter, you just have to read a bit) and you still experience "command not found or recognized" errors in Windows, you can try:
python -m notebook
For my Windows at least (Windows 10 Pro), having the python -m is the only way I can run my Python packages from command line without running into some sort of error
Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using ' "
or
Errno 'THIS_PROGRAM' not found
Please try either of these commands first;
$ py -m notebook
$ python -m notebook
for jupyterlab users
py -m jupyterlab
Otherwise
$ python -m pip install jupyter --user
$ jupyter notebook
If this does not work.
pip does not add jupyter directly to path for local.
The output from
$ which python
/c/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python35-32/python
After some digging I found a executable for jupyter in the folder:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python35\Scripts\jupyter.exe
Difference between local and roaming folder
So if you want to be able to execute a program via command line, you need to add it into the %PATH variable. Here is a powershell script to do it. BE SURE TO ADD THE ";" before adding the new path.
$ [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $env:Path + ";C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python35\Scripts", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
Update:
if you are using python3, switch out python with python3
but I encourage you to use pyenv instead :)
I had the exact same problem and it was driving me crazy. Other answers provide a solution, but they don't explain why you and I are having this problem.
I will try to explain why this is happening and then provide some solutions.
You can go to the end to see the TL;DR.
1)What's going on? Why is this error happening?
I'll try to make a step-by-step answer so everything is explained clearly.
If you think it's too basic at the beginning, go to the end of this "article".
I'll first start with common things like running the python shell from the terminal or running pip. You'll see why you can do that from the terminal and we'll end up on why and how you can run the jupyter notebook from the terminal as well.
Ready? Let's start!
Have you ever wondered why you can type python in the terminal (command prompt) and suddenly start the Python interpreter?
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.1440]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME>python
Python 3.9.1 (tags/v3.9.1:1e5d33e, Dec 7 2020, 17:08:21) [MSC v.1927 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
You probably already know (but maybe don't) that this is because Python was added to the Windows PATH environment variable. You probably did it at installation time or afterwards.
But, what is this PATH environment variable?
It basically allows you to run any executables, that are located inside
the paths specified in the variable, at the command prompt without
having to give the full path to the executable.
You can check the content of that PATH variable with:
>>> import sys
>>> for path in sys.path:
print(path)
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\python39.zip
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\DLLs
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages
... (some other paths were taken out for clarity)
You can see this folder: C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39. This is the place where Python version 3.9 is installed. Let's check its content:
<DIR> DLLs
<DIR> Doc
<DIR> etc
<DIR> include
<DIR> Lib
<DIR> libs
<DIR> Scripts
<DIR> share
<DIR> tcl
<DIR> Tools
LICENSE.txt
NEWS.txt
python.exe
python3.dll
python39.dll
pythonw.exe
vcruntime140.dll
vcruntime140_1.dll
Voilà! We have the python.exe file (an executable). We have a Python executable file in the PATH, that's why you can start the Python interpreter from the terminal with just typing python. If this wasn't the case you would have to type the full path to the executable file in the terminal:
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME> C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\python)
Instead of just:
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME> python
And what about when you use pip?
It's the same principle. You can run pip from the terminal because there is a pip executable file in the PATH variable.
If you go to C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts\ (which is in the PATH showed above) you'll see many executables files. One of them is pip. Actually I have three versions: pip, pip3.9 and pip3.
The Scripts folder allows exectuable files to be run from the terminal. Like pip or other libraries that you intend to run directly from the terminal. The Scripts folder:
...is not intended for you, it's for scripts that are installed as
components of modules that you install. For example, pip is a module,
but it also has a wrapper script by the same name, pip, which will be
installed in that directory.
If you put something there and it is properly in your PATH, then it
should be executable
That wrapper script would be the pip executable file. When this executable file is run, it locates the pip folder in the Python installation folder and runs pip.
But you could also run pip directly from the installation folder (C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages), without needing the executable pip file.
But, how can you do it?
I'm glad you ask. There is a Python way to run modules as the main module (without the need to import it).
python -m pip
When you run a module directly its name becomes __main__. What -m does is:
Search sys.path for the named module and execute its contents as the __main__ module.
What is __main__?
'__main__' is the name of the scope in which top-level code executes.
A module’s __name__ is set equal to '__main__' when read from standard
input, a script, or from an interactive prompt.
...
I guess that the pip executable does something similar, or at least, has the same effect: to start pip.
2)What does this have to do with the Jupyter Notebook?!
Think of the Jupyter Notebook as the same as pip. If you want to run jupyter in the terminal, you need an executable that it's on the PATH.
We have already seen that the executables of modules like pip or jupyter are located here C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts\.
If I check the content of the folder I see this:
easy_install-3.9.exe
easy_install.exe
f2py.exe
jsonschema.exe
jupyter-bundlerextension.exe
jupyter-console.exe
jupyter-nbconvert.exe
jupyter-nbextension.exe
jupyter-notebook.exe
jupyter-qtconsole.exe
jupyter-serverextension.exe
jupyter-trust.exe
pip.exe
pip3.9.exe
pip3.exe
I see the already mentioned pip, pip3.9 and pip3. But I don't see jupyter (the word "jupyter" alone).
If I type jupyter in the terminal I get the error that started all:
'jupyter' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Finally we've reached an answer to your question!!!
'jupyter' is not recognized as a command because there is no executable file in the Scripts folder called jupyter.
So, let's try a different executable. What about jupyter-notebook?
BINGO! The notebook is running!
Serving notebooks from local directory:
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts
Jupyter Notebook 6.3.0 is running at:
http://localhost:8888/?token=... (edited)
or http://127.0.0.1:8888/?token=... (edited)
Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
I don't know why I don't have a jupyter executable called 'jupyter'. The official documentation says to use jupyter notebook on the terminal, but it seems that in some cases it doesn't work. And I think it has to do with what I mentioned above: there is no jupyter exectuable in the Scripts folder.
If you remember, I told you that you can run pip as the main module using python -m pip.
It happens that you can do the same with jupyter.We just need to know how to call it. As in with pip, we have to check the folder where 3rd party libraries are installed: C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages.
You'll see jupyter_console, but this just creates an interactive notebook in the terminal, not exactly what you were looking for. You're also going to find folders ending with .dist.info, like jupyter_console-6.4.0.dist-info. This is just metadata of the Wheel Binary Package builder. You'll also see a folder like jupyterlab_pygments, but that's for JupyterLab. We want to use the classic Jupyter notebook.
What we want is to run notebook. How do we know this?
You'll see in the folder site-packages the folder (package) notebook. Inside there is a file called __main__.py:
#__main__.py
if __name__ == '__main__':
from notebook import notebookapp as app
app.launch_new_instance()
It's calling notebookapp.py which is a "A tornado based Jupyter notebook server." Yes, this is what we need.
We can see that launch_new_instance in the notebookapp calls launch_instance(), which "launches an instance of a Jupyter Application".
Perfect! We are in the correct folder. To run the jupyter notebook from the Python interactive shell we have to run the notebook package with:
python -m notebook
3)*** SUMMARY: SOLUTION ***
tl;dr:
I have explained and showed why this error is happening.
Now let's summarize the solutions:
To know the name of the jupyter executable (in the Scripts folder), so you can run directly from the terminal (Command Prompt) as:
jupyter notebook
or as:
jupyter-notebook
Or whatever name you have.
Run the notebook as the main module from Python:
python -m notebook
I hope this helps you as much as it helped me. I'm open to your comments and suggestions.
I had the same problem, but
py -m notebook
worked for me.
I got Jupyter notebook running in Windows 10. I found the easiest way to accomplish this task without relying upon a distro like Anaconda was to use Cygwin.
In Cygwin install python2, python2-devel, python2-numpy, python2-pip, tcl, tcl-devel, (I have included a image below of all packages I installed) and any other python packages you want that are available. This is by far the easiest option.
Then run this command to just install jupyter notebook:
python -m pip install jupyter
Below is the actual commands I ran to add more libraries just in case others need this list too:
python -m pip install scipy
python -m pip install scikit-learn
python -m pip install sklearn
python -m pip install pandas
python -m pip install matplotlib
python -m pip install jupyter
If any of the above commands fail do not worry the solution is pretty simple most of the time. What you do is look at the build failure for whatever missing package / library.
Say it is showing a missing pyzmq then close Cygwin, re-open the installer, get to the package list screen, show "full" for all, then search for the name like zmq and install those libraries and re-try the above commands.
Using this approach it was fairly simple to eventually work through all the missing dependencies successfully.
Cygwin package list
Once everything is installed then run in Cygwin goto the folder you want to be the "root" for the notebook ui tree and type:
jupyter notebook
This will start up the notebook and show some output like below:
$ jupyter notebook
[I 19:05:30.459 NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory:
[I 19:05:30.459 NotebookApp] 0 active kernels
[I 19:05:30.459 NotebookApp] The Jupyter Notebook is running at:
[I 19:05:30.459 NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
Copy/paste this URL into your browser when you connect for the first time, to login with a token:
http://localhost:8888/?token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In Python 3.7.6 for Windows 10. After installation, I use these commands.
1. pip install notebook
2. python -m notebook
OR
C:\Users\Hamza\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\Scripts
.
For my pc python-scripts are located in the above path. You can add this path in environment variables. Then run command.
1. jupyter notebook
You can add the following to your path
C:\[Python Installation path]\Scripts
e.g. C:\Python27\Scripts
It will start working for jupyter and every other pip install you will do here on.
Check whether you have given python PATH in environmental variables properly.
If not, then set python path. Then use:
$ python -m notebook
If you are using the Anaconda distribution, make sure when installing it that you check the "Change PATH" option.
first you should make sure that you are put your python path in your system variables ..
Then try run this
python -m pip install jupyter --user
and then
run this
py -m notebook or jupyter notebook
In Windows 10 you can use ipython notebook. It works for me.
I added
c:\users\[user]\appdata\roaming\python\python37\site-packages
to the path and it worked.
## windows CMD
for default install (just check "add path" and "next" when installing)
python -m notebook
for custom install in C:\
jupyter notebook
Problem for me was that I was running the jupyter command from the wrong directory.
Once I navigated to the path containing the script, everything worked.
Path-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python37_64\Scripts
I have two python version installed:
1. Python 3.8.2: This was installed independently
2. Python 3.7.6: This was installed along with Anaconda 3
Multiple versions caused conflict even after setting the path variables correctly.
I have uninstalled the Python 3.8.2 and after restart, the command
jupyter notebook
Worked perfectly :)
you can create a batch file and search for Jupiter in your windows search and ooen its properties and you will get this string.
D:\anaconda3\python.exe D:\anaconda3\cwp.py D:\anaconda3 D:\anaconda3\python.exe D:\anaconda3\Scripts\jupyter-notebook-script.py "%USERPROFILE%/"
after getting this you can create a jupitor.bat file with this content it that
and you can save that file in a script folder in d or any drive and add the path of your script file in your environmental path
and then you can easly call this by typing jupitor in cmd.
To install I used
"pip install notebook" in windows command line
To run python -m notebook did not work for me, but python3 -m notebook worked
First run this command
pip install jupyter
then add system variable path , this path is where jupyter and other scripts are located
PATH = C:\Users<userName>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\Scripts
e.g PATH=C:\Users\HP\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\Scripts
After that we can run jupyter from any folder/directory
jupyter notebook
I just found that error when I first intalled and run the jupyter notebook. Then I found the executable (.exe) file from
C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts.
The actual file name was "jupyter-notebook".
The installation guide says it as "jupyter notebook" to run the server. You have to run the command "jupyter-notebook" in the command line and it will be run. Thanks!
My problem was my user's folder had a space in folder name.
After creating a new user and switching to that windows user, windows shortcuts and links from within' Anaconda worked fine.
Windows 8.1 64 Bit. Latest Anaconda.
Note: I ended up uninstalling an reinstalling Anaconda but my sense is the problem was really just the space in the windows user username/user folder.
Using python 3.6.3. Here after installing Jupyter through command 'python -m pip install jupyter', 'jupyter notebook' command didn't work for me using windows command prompt.
But, finally 'python -m notebook' did work and made jupyter notebook to run on local.
http://localhost:8888/tree
Here is how I resolved stated issue, hope it helps:
install python 3.7 using official website for python, while installing include installing PATH by checking it's box
after that open cmd (be sure to open it after step 1) and write: pip install jupyter ENTER
now you should be able to open jupyter notebook by using command: jupyter notebook
Seems simple, but it may as well help.
In windows 10:
If you used anaconda3 for Jupyter notebook installation and forgot to check the box to add the environment variables to the system during installation, you need to add the following environment variables to the "Path" variable manually:
(search windows settings for Edit environment variables")
Environment variables for Anaconda3
If you have installed jupyter with
"python -m pip install jupyter" command
instead of
"$ pip install jupyter" command
then follow these steps:
Create a notepad
Change its extension from ".txt" to ".ipynb"
Right click it and click "open with"
In the pop up, go to - C:\Users\<"windows_user_name">\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\Scripts
Click on "jupyter-lab.exe"
100% working solution:
Follow these steps:
Open the folder where you downloaded "python-3.8.2-amd64.exe" setup or any other version of python package
Double click on "python-3.8.2-amd64.exe'
Click "Modify"
You will see "Optional features"
Click "next"
Select "Add python to environment variables"
Click "install"
Then u can run jupyter in any desired folder u desire
E.g open "cmd" command prompt
Type :
E:
E:\>jupyter notebook
It will get started without showing
'Jupyter' is not recognized
Thanks
I was facing the same issue in windows7, as i just recoverd my computer with the help of recovery point and after that notebook just stopped working. I tried to change the path setting but nothing was working so I just simply uninstalled the python with the application from which it was installed and after that I installed it again. After that I installed jupyter notebook again and then it worked fine.
Thanks
I just installed JupyterLab on top of my Python 3.8/pip enabled Win10 machine, so I ran into these startup problem with windows.
If everything is ok (check that you have PATH for Python, eg. C:\Users[Username]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Scripts) you simply run:
jupyter-lab.exe
and that's it.
Cheers
Add system variable path, this path is where jupyter and other scripts are located
PATH -->
`C:\Users\<userName>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\Scripts`
Like in my laptop PATH is:
"C:\Users\developer\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\Scripts"
After that, You will be able to run jupyter from any folder & any directory by running the below command
jupyter notebook
Had the same issue. Finally searched where jupyter.exe directory was located on my computer. For some reason it was under
C:\VTRoot\HarddiskVolume4\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python
Whereas the Python is
C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python
So I copied full Python39 folder from VTRoot to main Python39 python folder in AppData. And the issue is solved.
First check where your python is installed by heading over to
C:\Users\**username**\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts
this is the path usually you will find python installed. After this type in
cd.. to get one step out of the Scripts folder
After this install jupyter in here using:
$ pip install jupyter
The installation was fine and when I tried to open the jupyter notebook, it gave me the following error.
'jupiter is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
I checked a lot of resources but still, I faced the same problem. After doing a lot of stuff from the internet, I myself figured out that maybe due to some updates(for some users) it won't open by typing the command
jupyter notebook
Instead, you have to type
jupyter-notebook
The only thing I was missing was this Hyphen-minus. Hope this works for you too.