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More Notes on Jupyter Notebook

I used [MacPorts][], [as always][], to install the new code for Jupyter:

port install py34-jupyter

*Note: you may need to prepend `sudo` to install software on your setup.*

But the new command `jupyter notebook` only returned `-bash: jupyter: command not found` for me. I tried various alternatives, but got nowhere until I returned to `ipython notebook`. *Presto.* And even better, now I have this:

Python or R?

Python or R?

Note: make sure you install Jupyter as per the instructions above before attempting to install the packages below, which require `zmq` and will, in my experience, fail to install as a result. (I also tend to run R as `sudo` to do this, which may be a holdover from some previous troubleshooting.)

With Jupyter notebook installed, enter the following in the R shell:

install.packages(c(‘rzmq’,’repr’,’IRkernel’,’IRdisplay’),
repos = c(‘http://irkernel.github.io/’,
getOption(‘repos’)))

IRkernel::installspec()

See [iRkernel][] for more information.

Once you’re done: `ipython notebook` and you’re done.

[MacPorts]: https://www.macports.org
[as always]: http://johnlaudun.org/20121230-macports-the-key-to-python-happiness/
[iRkernel]: http://irkernel.github.io/installation/

Converting iPython Notebooks

Not only do Jupyter notebooks, nee iPython Notebooks, make it easy to do exploratory work and to keep notes about it, they also make it easy to convert those notebooks into a variety of useful forms: HTML, LaTeX, PDF, etc. The command is simple:

ipython nbconvert –to FORMAT mynotebook.ipynb

(I have no idea how this command, or the file extension, will change now that these are Jupyter notebooks.) Where `FORMAT` appears above, you have the follow options:

`html –template full` (which is actually the default) or `–template basic`

`latex –template article` (again, the default) or `report` or `basic`

`pdf`

`slides` — there are a couple of options here.

`markdown`

`rst`: good for Python documentation as well as for use with `pandoc` if you have yet other file out put needs.