Install Jupyter-Scala for JupyterLab

Posted on Dec 10, 2016 in Computer Science

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Note: Apache Toree is a better alternative than Jupyter Scala. It is suggested that you use Apache Toree instead of Jupyter Scala.

You can install Jupyter Scala following the steps below.

Make sure Java and Scala are installed.
```
wajig install openjdk-8-jdk scala
```
Download coursier and move it to a searchable path. I place it in $HOME/bin which I have included in $PATH.
```
curl -L -o coursier https://git.io/vgvpD && chmod +x coursier
```

Clone the jupyter-scala repository.

git clone git@github.com:alexarchambault/jupyter-scala.git

Run the following command insider the directory to insall Jupyter Scala.
```
./jupyter-scala
```
You might have issues due to no permission to create directories/files under $HOME/.local/share/jupyter. If that happens, change the permission of the directory and try again.
```
sudo chmod -R 777 $HOME/.local/share/jupyter
```