PDF download: nbconvert failed: '/path/to/benchmarks.ipynb' exists but is not a directory

[olalonde]

When clicking Download As > PDF, I'm getting the following 500 error:

nbconvert failed: '/path/to/benchmarks.ipynb' exists but is not a directory

[gnestor]

This was just fixed by #2981 which will be included in a 5.2.1 release today.

[HaoyangFan]

Do you know how to check the version of jupyter notebook and how to upgrade it?

[gnestor]

jupyter notebook --version
# to upgrade to notebook 5.2.1rc1
pip install notebook --upgrade --pre

[HaoyangFan]

So 5.2.1 is not a official release for now?
Whenever I try
pip install notebook --upgrade && jupyter notebook --version
The version turns out to be still 5.2.0, which does not fix the nbconvert issue

[takluyver]

Yup, rc1 means it's a pre-release, so you need the --pre flag to get it. I think @gnestor is planning to release 5.2.1 very soon.

[HaoyangFan]

thanks

[joshuacook]

Until https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/blob/master/base-notebook/Dockerfile gets rebuilt this Dockerfile will run the update:

FROM jupyter/scipy-notebook
RUN conda update --yes notebook

From the same directory:

$ docker build -t updated_scipy_nb .

[gnestor]

Thanks @joshuacook!! 👍