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Bad config encountered during initialization:

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Description

When I try to launch Jupiter Notebook from the command line or from Anaconda Navigator I get the following error:

[C 13:09:45.091 NotebookApp] Bad config encountered during initialization:
[C 13:09:45.104 NotebookApp] The 'kernel_spec_manager_class' trait of instance must be a type, but 'nb_conda_kernels.CondaKernelSpecManager' could not be imported

I can run Jupiter Notebook from other Python environments but not from root. I would really like to just be able to launch the notebook using the default version of Python on my machine. Currently this is 3.6.2.

Many thanks,
Emily

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Research direction

Reproduce the initialization failure when launching Jupyter Notebook from the command line or Anaconda Navigator in the root Python 3.6.2 environment. Investigate why nb_conda_kernels.CondaKernelSpecManager cannot be imported; done means the default environment launches without the bad-config error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
anaconda, jupyter-notebook, python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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