How to Run Jupyter Lab on your computer

This is specifically for running Jupyter Lab on your own computer (or a lab desktop computer), not for running off our server, Architect. This assumes you have already installed Jupyter Lab on your computer following these instructions.

Mac OS

• Navigate to the folder that you want to work in – i.e., where the jupyter notbook files that you want to work on are/will be saved

• Open a Terminal window (go to /Applications/Utilities/Terminal)

• In the terminal, type cd then a space, then drag the folder that you want to work in, into the Terminal window, then hit "enter"

• type jupyter lab and hit "enter"

Windows

• In Windows File Explorer, navigate to the folder that you want to work in – i.e., where the jupyter notbook files that you want to work on are/will be saved.

• Right-click in the "address" bar of the Windows File Explorer window and select "copy address as text"

• Open an Anaconda Command Prompt window (I recommend adding this to your start menu, but otherwise hit the Windows key and they start typing "anaconda").

WARNING: if you try to do this from a regular (not Anaconda) command prompt window, it won't work right.

• Type cd then a space, then paste in the address that you copied from the file explorer, then hit "enter"

• type jupyter lab and hit enter