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Tian Park
Tian Park

Reputation: 31

Error Installing jupyter kernel for Python 2

I have jupyter notebook installed on Mac with Python 3 Kernel. I tried to install a Kernel for Python 2 using command: python2 -m pip install ipykernel, but got the following error:

Collecting ipykernel
  Using cached ipykernel-4.6.1-py2-none-any.whl
Collecting jupyter-client (from ipykernel)
  Using cached jupyter_client-5.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting tornado>=4.0 (from ipykernel)
  Using cached tornado-4.5.1.tar.gz
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 335, in run
    wb.build(autobuilding=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 749, in build
    self.requirement_set.prepare_files(self.finder)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 380, in prepare_files
    ignore_dependencies=self.ignore_dependencies))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 634, in _prepare_file
    abstract_dist.prep_for_dist()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 129, in prep_for_dist
    self.req_to_install.run_egg_info()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 412, in run_egg_info
    self.setup_py, self.name,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 387, in setup_py
    import setuptools  # noqa
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from setuptools.extern.six.moves import filter, map
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/setuptools/__init__.py", line 160, in <module>
    monkey.patch_all()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/setuptools/monkey.py", line 48, in patch_all
    distutils.core.Command = setuptools.Command
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Command'

Could anyone tell me where the problem is and how to install the kernel for python 2?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 840

Answers (1)

James Draper
James Draper

Reputation: 5310

Assuming that you are running Anaconda I think that entering the following commands into your terminal may work

1) Use create a Python 2.7 conda env 

conda create -n python2 python=2.7

2) Activate your new env from the terminal.

source activate python2

3) Install ipykernel into the python2 env

pip install ipykernel

4) Install the python2 kernel into ipython

ipython kernel install --name python2

If you are not running Anaconda try this tutorial; Create isolated Jupyter ipython kernels with pyenv and virtualenv

Please comment below if you are still having issues.

Upvotes: 1

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