# Does IJulia.jl Kernel Support Debugging in Jupyter Notebooks?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-ijulia-jl-kernel-support-debugging-in-jupyter-notebooks/122653>\
**Category:** Jupyter-Notebook\
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-ijulia-jl-kernel-support-debugging-in-jupyter-notebooks/122653 "2024-11-14T21:51:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericcdammannjr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ericcdammannjr/32/213421_2.png) [@ericcdammannjr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericcdammannjr)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-ijulia-jl-kernel-support-debugging-in-jupyter-notebooks/122653/1 "2024-11-14T21:51:44Z")

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I am wondering how I can get the debugger to work (if it can) for Julia integration with JupyterLab via IJulia. The kernel works (I can run code scripts) but I there is no active debugger. I did not install Jupyter Notebooks with conda. I set ENV[“JUPYTER’]=”/path/to/my/jupyter/installation" during IJulia installation. I installed jupyter notebooks with pip in a python environment. When hovering over the greyed-out debugger icon in the top right corner of the image above the message “Select a kernel that supports debugging to enable debugging” appears. Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this?

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-ijulia-jl-kernel-support-debugging-in-jupyter-notebooks/122653/2 "2024-11-14T22:03:16Z")

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I don’t think there exists an integration for the JupyterLab debugger and Julia. The Julia VS Code extension does have debugging support for Jupyter notebooks for Julia.

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**Author:** ![ericcdammannjr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ericcdammannjr/32/213421_2.png) [@ericcdammannjr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericcdammannjr)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-ijulia-jl-kernel-support-debugging-in-jupyter-notebooks/122653/3 "2024-11-14T22:54:14Z")

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Thank you very much! I figured that was the case.