Difference between `jupyter` and `notebook`

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1

I realized when I wanted to add more libraries to my jupyter notebook that there are two packages: jupyter, and the python notebook. What is the difference between these two packages? Is:

{ config, pkgs, ... }:
let
  python3-with-my-packages =
    pkgs.python3.withPackages (python-packages: with python-packages; [
      numpy
      notebook
  ]);
in
{
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    python3-with-my-packages
  ];
  [...]
}

the way to go to add more packages to the notebook? If not, what is the way to go?

Thanks!

2

Just as with upstream, notebook is the actual Notebook, and jupyter is a meta-package including notebook but also including the console.

3

Thanks for your answer. What do you mean by including the console? Do you have an example of a command I can run with jupyter and not notebook? If I read the definition file it seems to just add a python kernel to notebook, but not sure to understand what’s the usecase, as notebook seems to already have a python kernel. Also, am I supposed to be able to overwrite the jupyter executable?

Thanks!

4

Ahh, you are referring to the top-level jupyter package. That one exists for when using multiple kernels, declaratively. It’s being used e.g. by our Jupyter service. When you just want a Python dev env, stick to the packages in python-packages.nix or pythonPackages.

5

Oh ok, thanks a lot!