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--- user_guide:howto:jupyter [2020/12/17 15:04] – created jupyter instructions page lkastner
+++ user_guide:howto:jupyter [2021/06/15 09:02] (current) – [jupyter] Try other browser lkastner
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 ===== Prerequisites =====
 To use polymake with jupyter it is necessary to have jupyter installed. jupyter is provided via the package manager in many linux distributions.
+  - Ubuntu: ''sudo apt-get install python3-notebook jupyter jupyter-core''
+  - Fedora: ''sudo dnf install python3-jupyter-core''
 Furthermore you need an **installed** version of polymake. This means that you need to run
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 ninja -C build/Opt install
 </code>
-in your polymake source. Then you use the polymake binary from the folder you installed polymake in.
+if working with the polymake source. Then please use the polymake binary from the folder you installed polymake in.
+If you use a version of polymake installed via your package manager, make sure you have the ''polymake-config'' binary. Try running
+<code>
+polymake-config --version
+</code>
+in a terminal. For example for Ubuntu it is not enough to have the ''polymake'' package installed, you will also need ''libpolymake-dev''.
 ===== Setup =====
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 polymake --script jupyter --force
 </code>
+===== Usage =====
+The usage of the jupyter interface is independent of polymake, so we point you to the [[https://jupyter.org/|jupyter documentation]].
+In the code blocks you may use polymake just like in the polymake shell.
 ===== Troubleshooting =====
+If the polymake kernel does not start for you, look at the output of jupyter in the terminal and search for any error messages.
+If you experience issues it makes sense to try a different browser.
+==== JuPyMake.PolymakeError: polymake::Main - /usr/lib/polymake/shared is not a symlink ====
+This error sometimes appears with polymake installed by the package manager. It can be fixed by manually setting the symlink
+<code>
+cd /usr/lib/polymake
+sudo ln -s ../../share/polymake shared
+</code>
+==== polymake configuration ====
+The default configuration used by the jupyter kernel is the one in ''$HOME/.polymake''. If you need to reconfigure a rules file, it is easiest to reconfigure it outside of jupyter. Note that the configuration is only saved to ''$HOME/.polymake'' once polymake gets closed using ''exit;''.
+Advance users can use a different configuration folder in the following way:
+<code>
+alias jupymake="env POLYMAKE_USER_DIR=$HOME/.polymake-jupyter jupyter notebook --notebook-dir=$HOME/jupyter-notebooks"
+</code>
+==== polymake kernel does not start ====
 If the polymake kernel will not start, but used to start, then please force the installation of a new kernel at startup, with
 <code>
 polymake --script jupyter --force
 </code>
+==== Switching applications ====
+If you change the polymake application in your code, then put the command for this in a separate code block in your jupyter notebook.