Installed RISE but the RISE icon doesnt show in Jupyter Lab

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Hi All–

I was looking for an alternative to MS PPT app that’s compatible (works with Markdown) with jupyter notebook. Based on my search, It appeared that RISE was a good choice. Unfortunately, it did not work for me, despite the fact that i installed it as was recommend by the RISE docs.

The only suggestion that i found and might work is to use conda installation, but i did not try it because I don’t want to use conda-i use pip for all my needs.

  1. Any idea how to fix this issue.?
  2. Are there any good alternatives to RISE that would work with notebook?

Thanks in advance

EK

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You’ve provided very few details and so that answering that is difficult. Please read Getting good answers to your questions and follow it as a guide. For example, what version are you using? Do other extensions work? Etc…

I will point out that if you go to the repo for RISE for current JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook v7+, there is a ‘launch binder’ badge that you you can click on and getting a working version of the RISE extension in a relatively recent version of JupyterLab (currently 4.3.5). You may be able to use that to compare and contrast what is working on your system and what is not working. Or if what you are developing cannot be shared online so that you cannot copy/fork repo and develop with your content, you can launch a session and drag-and-drop in your content to the file browser panel and then launch your presentation that way. Of course this necessitates having an internet connection during your presentation.

I am going to guess that since your title says JupyterLab, and your text only mentions Jupyter Notebook, that you mean JupyterLab or ‘a notebook .ipynb file’ in that sentence? (JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook are not the same thing although these days they are closer than they had been in the past.)

I know jupyterlab-deck was being developed. The ‘launch lite’ badge under ‘demo’ seems to work right now. The ‘launch binder’ one didn’t though. And the branches I am seeing haven’t been updated in about two years. So definitely proceed at your own risk.
Around that same time there was Marpyter - Marp for JupyterLab and the discussion there may give you other ideas, plus provide insight into why jupyterlab-deck hasn’t been updated for quite a spell.

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First, I want to thank you both of your input; this group is a lifesaver. Second, my apology for not being very specific on my question, even though, am aware of the difference between jupyter lab and notebook and should have stated that clearly. Third, my mistake was that i did not pay close attention to the version requirements for jupyterlab and RISE. Once i realized that, everything works now.

Thanks again
EK

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