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I tried installing nbconvert via the instructions on their readme. The curl line and the pip install line worked flawlessly, but I can't decipher what is meant by:

You will need to either put the source repository in your $PATH or symlink the nbconvert.py script, as well as the css and js subdirectories to a directory in your $PATH.

Any idea where pip installed the app? What's this business about $PATH?

Lucio
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    Possible duplicate of http://askubuntu.com/questions/60218/how-to-add-a-directory-to-my-path – Eliah Kagan Jan 09 '13 at 02:50
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    @EliahKagan, this is a two-part question (semi)specific to nbconvert. – Louis Thibault Jan 09 '13 at 08:21
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    That makes sense. If this can be answered specifically to this situation, we may as well keep it open. Is [Lucio's answer](http://askubuntu.com/a/237975/22949) sufficient to your needs? If so, I recommend accepting it (and perhaps upvoting it as well). – Eliah Kagan Jan 09 '13 at 08:23

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First, download the source and keep it in a folder where you will not move it.

Second, you need to create a symbolik link between the nbconvert.py file, the css and js directories to your $PATH variable with the following command:

sudo ln -s /path_of_source/nbconvert.py /path_of_source/css/ /path_of_source/js/ /usr/bin/

Or

cd /path_of_source/
echo "export PATH=\$PATH:nbconvert.py:js:cdd" >> ~/.profile
reset

Now you will be available to execute the software from the terminal with nbconvert

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  • tried adding nbconvert to my `PATH` using your second method, but I'm still getting an `No command 'nbconvert' found` message. I'm still unclear on the symlink approach. In your example command, should I be located in the `nbconvert` base directory, such that my command would look like `sudo ln -s ./nbconvert.py ./css/ ./js/ /usr/bin`? – Louis Thibault Jan 09 '13 at 08:36
  • Mmmm, first of all, *that* command is wrong, because you are prepending a dot to the files and that is not good (`./file`). – Lucio Jan 09 '13 at 23:53
  • @blz I've created a [chat room](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/7041/room-for-lucio-and-blz) to put information and keep a better communication.. Please, go there to see my messages. – Lucio Jan 09 '13 at 23:54