Jupyter notebook, wrong sys.path and sys.executable

Question

I\'m trying to run the anaconda distribution of python libraries in a Jupyter Notebook, but when I run the notebook I keep getting ImportErrors because the python path is set to

Answer 1

I had this problem when I used Anaconda Navigator and the command line. I typed 'source activate ' into the console and then used Anaconda Navigator to open Jupyter. In Anaconda Navigator, however, I wasn't in the right environment which caused the problem. This is because Anaconda Navigator comes with its own activation for virtual environments (when you click on them). So you either need to activate the virtual environment from the console and then start Jupyter from the console or you need to activate the virtual environment in Anaconda Navigator and start Jupyter from the Navigator. Both ways work but not in combination. :-)