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Not able to run ipython nbconvert

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I have downloaded the ipython and ipython-notebook packages. The documentation of ipython says that I can run nbconvert to convert my notebooks to html/latex/etc. But am not able to run either nbconvert or ipython nbconvert.

 ~ ipython --version

0.13.1.rc2

 ~ ipython nbconvert

[TerminalIPythonApp] File not found: u'nbconvert'

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answered 2 Years ago finatch · Accepted Answer

I experienced a similar problem in Ubuntu Xenial 16.04. Error messages led me to three apps which are needed:

pygments

pandoc

nodejs

After installing those three, I was able to convert an ipython notebook to HTML format without an error message, using the command line string:

ipython nbconvert --to html foo.ipynb

I found a Python2 library file which calls nodejs:

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/IPython/nbconvert/filters/markdown.py

markdown.py contains a class named NodeJSMissing which throws up a ConversionException. But if nodejs remains uninstalled, Nbconvert will try to use Pandoc instead. In that sense, nodejs is optional.