In which conda environment is Jupyter executing?

Question

As mentioned in the comments, conda support for jupyter notebooks is needed to switch kernels. Seems like this support is now available through conda itself (rather than relying on pip). http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/user-guide/tasks/use-jupyter-notebook-extensions/

conda install nb_conda

which brings three other handy extensions in addition to Notebook Conda Kernels.

Question 1: Find the current notebook's conda environment

Open the notebook in Jupyter Notebooks and look in the upper right corner of the screen.

It should say, for example, "Python [env_name]" if the language is Python and it's using an environment called env_name.

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Question 2: Start Jupyter Notebook from within a different conda environment

Activate a conda environment in your terminal using source activate <environment name> before you run jupyter notebook. This sets the default environment for Jupyter Notebooks. Otherwise, the [Root] environment is the default.

You can also create new environments from within Jupyter Notebook (home screen, Conda tab, and then click the plus sign).

And you can create a notebook in any environment you want. Select the "Files" tab on the home screen and click the "New" dropdown menu, and in that menu select a Python environment from the list.

which environment is jupyter executing:

import sys
print(sys.executable)

create kernel for jupyter notebook

source activate myenv
python -m ipykernel install --user --name myenv --display-name "Python (myenv)"
source activate other-env
python -m ipykernel install --user --name other-env --display-name "Python (other-env)"

http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/kernel_install.html#kernel-install

If the above ans doesn't work then try running conda install ipykernel in new env and then run jupyter notebook from any env, you will be able to see or switch between those kernels.

You can also switch environments in Anaconda Navigator, install Jupiter and run it.

to show which conda env a notebook is using just type in a cell:

!conda info

if you have grep, a more direct way:

!conda info | grep 'active env'