macaulay2-jupyter-kernel 0.8.0

Jupyter kernel for Macaulay2

M2JK — Jupyter kernel for Macaulay2

Beta Testing!

You can now use Jupyter (Notebook or Lab) as a front-end for Macaulay2.

See the demo for sample use and an outline of the kernel-specific features. For bugs or requests, open an issue. For recent changes, see the changelog.

Requirements

You need a recent version of Python and pip. Python 3 is recommended for build installs and necessary for source installs. You can install Jupyter directly from PyPI by

pip3 install --upgrade pip
pip3 install jupyter

Macaulay2 needs to be installed and on your path. If you are using Emacs as your front-end, it already is, but you can test it by which M2. Otherwise, you can achieve that by running setup() from within an M2 session. Alternatively, you can configure M2JK to use a specific binary.

Installation

You can install the latest development version from source by

$ pip3 install git+https://github.com/Macaulay2/Macaulay2-Jupyter-Kernel
$ python3 -m m2_kernel install

Docker

A docker image packing v0.6.7-beta and Macaulay2 version 1.18 is available as rzlatev/m2jk. To run locally, you need to map port 8890.

$ docker run -p 8890:8890 rzlatev/m2jk &

Running the notebook

Once the installation is complete, you need to start (or restart) Jupyter by

$ jupyter notebook &

This shoud fire up a browser for you. If not, copy the output URL into one. Then select File ⇨ New Notebook ⇨ M2 from the main menu.

License

This software is not part of Macaulay2 and is released under the MIT License.