Julia kernels JupyterLab

Overview

This documentation uses the following variables:

Variable	Description	Example value
${julia_module}	The module to load to use Julia	Julia/1.6.2-linux-x86_64
kernel_name	The Julia kernel name	Julia

Operations

Add Julia as a JupyterLab kernel

Install IJulia

The package IJulia is a prerequisite to use Julia as a kernel in JupyterLab; It can be installed from a Julia interactive session.

Load the Julia module:

module load ${julia_module}

Run the Julia interpreter:

julia

From the interpreter, type ] to enter the package manager command line interface:

[u000000@mel0123 ~]$ julia
                  _
      _       _ _(_)_     |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
     (_)     | (_) (_)    |
      _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
     | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
     | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 1.6.2 (2021-07-14)
    _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official https://julialang.org/ release
   |__/                   |

julia> ]

(v1.6) pkg>

Run the following command to install the IJulia package:

add IJulia

Once installed, quit the Julia package manager command line interface with Ctrl+C

Add Julia kernel

Commands

The following commands must be run from the Julia interpreter.

Load the IJulia module:

using IJulia

Install the new kernel:

installkernel("kernel_name")