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Installing Juypter

The simplest way to install Jupyter notebooks is to download and install the Anaconda distribution of Python. The Anaconda distribution of Python comes with Jupyter notebook included and no further installation steps are necessary.

Below are additional methods to install Jupyter notebooks if you are not using the Anaconda distribution of Python.

Installing Jupyter on Windows using the Anaconda Prompt

To install Jupyter on Windows, open the Anaconda Prompt and type:

> conda install jupyter

Type y for yes when prompted. Once Jupyter is installed, type the command below into the Anaconda Prompt to open the Jupyter notebook file browser and start using Jupyter notebooks.

> jupyter notebook

Installing Jupyter on MacOS

To install Jupyter on MacOS, open the MacOS terminal and type:

$ conda install jupyter

Type y for yes when prompted.

If conda is not installed, the Anaconda distribution of Python can be installed, which will install conda for use in the MacOS terminal.

Problems can crop up on MacOS when using the MacOS provided system version of Python. Python packages may not install on the system version of Python properly. Moreover, packages which do install on the system version of Python may not run correctly. It is therefore recommended that MacOS users install the Anaconda distribution of Python or use homebrew to install a separate non-system version of Python.

To install a non-system version of Python with homebrew, key the following into the MacOS terminal. See the homebrew documentation at https://brew.sh.

$ brew install Python

After homebrew installs a non-system version of Python, pip can be used to install Jupyter.

$ pip install jupyter

Installing Jupyter on Linux

To install Jupyter on Linux, open a terminal and type:

$ conda install jupyter

Type y for yes when prompted.

Alternatively, if the Anaconda distribution of Python is not installed, one can use pip.

$ pip3 install jupyter