install-maxima-jupyter sticks with lack of kernel.

[robert-dodier]

(I have copied the following from an email from Robert Moser.)

Dear Robert Dodier

install-maxima-jupyter sticks with lack of kernel.

What I did until now:

1. copy of maxima-jupyter-master on my MacBook Pro (macOS High Sierra).

2. Terminal: roberts-macbook-pro:maxima-jupyter-master roebi$ python3 ./install-maxima-jupyter.py --root=pwd

3. Terminal: roberts-macbook-pro:maxima-jupyter-master roebi$ jupyter notebook

Jupiter launches correctly but maxima has no kernel. It seems to me that maxima uses python 2 instead of python 3.

Here I encose the relevant part of the protocol from terminal. Now I am exhausted - I would appreciate your help. Thank you.

Best regards

Robert Moser

20190530_2_Terminal.pdf

[yitzchak]

It's not clear to me what is happening beyond the kernel failing to execute. Maybe maxima is not in PATH? In that case specifying --exec during install would help. Also, I would try using jupyter console --kernel=maxima instead of the notebook as the console messages will probably be more informative.

[roebix]

summary.nb.pdf

Thank you for help
Robert

[yitzchak]

Please try using the --exec option to explicitly specify the path to your maxima binary. If you only have the SageMath maxima binary then this would be:

python3 ./install-maxima-jupyter.py --root=`pwd` --exec=/Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/opt/bin/maxima

[robert-dodier]

If I am not mistaken, Sage builds Maxima with ECL. I don't know if Maxima-Jupyter can work with ECL.

[roebix]

After a third trial the installation succeded. But now there is another problem (see file Connection failed.png).

20190619.nb.pdf

Robert

[yitzchak]

@robert-dodier You are correct, the SageMath binary won't work. I forgot to update my intro text but used the path to the correct binary in my example.

@roebix Please try jupyter-console --kernel=maxima as this will more info to the console.

[roebix]

It is fairly confusing task!

20190620.pdf

[yitzchak]

It looks like the maxima script cannot find SBCL. You should probably make sure the sbcl binary is in PATH.

[roebix]

Unfortunately it doesn't work with SBCL either.

apple, how extend $PATH in high sierra.pdf

[yitzchak]

Your export command probably should have been

export PATH=”$PATH:/Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/opt/bin”

[roebix]

Unfortunately, the same problem is again apparent, there is no kernel.
Now I give up. Thanks for the friendly help. Best regards Robert Moser