# What to do when command \`\`\`notebook()\`\`\` won't prompt a Jupyter installation?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-do-when-command-notebook-wont-prompt-a-jupyter-installation/92897>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** jupyter, kernel, notebooks, conda, quarto\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-do-when-command-notebook-wont-prompt-a-jupyter-installation/92897 "2023-01-12T21:22:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hugo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hugo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hugo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-do-when-command-notebook-wont-prompt-a-jupyter-installation/92897/1 "2023-01-12T21:22:00Z")

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**TL;DR: How to make Julia find the jupyter kernel so Quarto can run?**

I just installed a new version of Julia (1.8.5) and, given the problems I am dealing with, I assume the packages I had installed didn’t migrate to the new version.

I tried to render a `qmd` file, but it didn’t work. Then, I went back to the basics and followed the instructions on the [Using Julia webpage from the Quarto website.](https://quarto.org/docs/computations/julia.html).

I reinstalled `IJulia`, however, when I ran `notebook()`, I didn’t get prompted with the option to install Jupyter, as the instructions said it’d happen

> The first time you run `notebook()` , it will prompt you for whether it should install Jupyter. Hit enter to have it use the [Conda.jl](https://github.com/Luthaf/Conda.jl) package to install a minimal Python+Jupyter distribution (via [Miniconda](http://conda.pydata.org/docs/install/quick.html)) that is private to Julia (not in your `PATH` )

Instead, using `notebook()` opened a new tab on my browser for local Jupyter notebooks. In this tab, I can see folders like “Desktop” and “Documents” from my computer. In the Julia REPL, an information session was printed. It starts with `[ Info: running setenv(`'C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\Scripts\jupyter.exe' notebook`,["PATH=C:\\Users\\hsd36\\.julia\\conda\\3\\Library\\bin;`, but it goes on.

Seeing no way to solve this, I followed ahead and installed `Revise.jl` and `Conda.jl`, and finished with `Conda.add("jupyter-cache")`.

Then I tried `quarto render test_quarto.qmd` in a Powershell terminal, but it failed. It first says it’s starting the julia-1.8 kernel and then a list of files is listed. It ends with an error: `ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _device: The specified module could not be found`. When I simply try `CRTL + Shift + K`, a Quarto Preview terminal opens and informs me that `Jupyter kernel 'julia-1.8' not found.`

Does anyone know how to proceed from here? It seems the problem lies in the missing kernel. Ideally, I’d install a minimal Python distribution via Miniconda that is private to Julia. This installation should have been offered after the command `notebook()`, but sadly it didn’t.

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Edit: I have checked the answers for a very similar question here in the [Discord](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyter-kernel-not-found-when-rendering-with-quarto/86205/10), but it was to no avail.

Edit 2: Here’s the output after I ran `quarto check`.

```julia
[>] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.2.313
      Path: C:\Users\hsd36\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin
      CodePage: 1252

[>] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[>] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
      Version: 3.9.5 (Conda)
      Path: C:/Users/hsd36/.julia/conda/3/python.exe
      Jupyter: 4.11.1
      Kernels: julia-1.6, julia-1.8, python3        

(\) Checking Jupyter engine render....Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\share\jupyter\jupyter.py", line 21, in <module> 
    from notebook import notebook_execute, RestartKernel
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\share\jupyter\notebook.py", line 17, in <module>
    from nbclient import NotebookClient
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\nbclient\ __init__.py", line 6, in <module>   
    from .client import NotebookClient, execute # noqa: F401
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\nbclient\client.py", line 14, in <module>
    from jupyter_client import KernelManager
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\ __init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .asynchronous import AsyncKernelClient # noqa
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\asynchronous\ __init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .client import AsyncKernelClient # noqa
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\asynchronous\client.py", line 6, in <module>
    from jupyter_client.channels import HBChannel
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\channels.py", line 12, in <module>
    import zmq.asyncio
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\zmq\ __init__.py", line 103, in <module>
    from zmq import backend
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\ __init__.py", line 31, in <module>
    raise original_error from None
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\ __init__.py", line 26, in <module>
    _ns = select_backend(first)
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\select.py", line 31, in select_backend
    mod = import_module(name)
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\importlib\ __init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "C:\Users\hsd36\.julia\conda\3\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\ __init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from . import (
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _device: The specified module could not be found.
[>] Checking Jupyter engine render....OK

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-do-when-command-notebook-wont-prompt-a-jupyter-installation/92897/2 "2023-01-12T22:55:25Z")

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> [@Hugo](#):
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> Instead, using `notebook()` opened a new tab on my browser for local Jupyter notebooks. In this tab, I can see folders like “Desktop” and “Documents” from my computer. In the Julia REPL, an information session was printed. It starts with `[ Info: running setenv(`‘C:\Users\hsd36.julia\conda\3\Scripts\jupyter.exe’ notebook`,["PATH=C:\\Users\\hsd36\\.julia\\conda\\3\\Library\\bin;`, but it goes on.

In other words, Jupyter is _already installed_. You are running the notebook, congratulations!

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**Author:** ![Hugo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hugo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hugo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-do-when-command-notebook-wont-prompt-a-jupyter-installation/92897/3 "2023-01-12T23:01:07Z")

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🙂 I actually managed to locate the julia-1.8 kernel, but I still don’t know how to pass the path to Quarto.