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 release version directly from PyPI by

$ pip3 install macaulay2-jupyter-kernel
$ python3 -m m2_kernel.install

Alternatively, you can install the latest development version from source by

$ git clone https://github.com/radoslavraynov/macaulay2-jupyter-kernel.git
$ cd macaulay2-jupyter-kernel
$ pip3 install .
$ python3 -m m2_kernel.install

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.