# Opening jupyter from terminal

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/opening-jupyter-from-terminal/4069>\
**Category:** JupyterLab\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/opening-jupyter-from-terminal/4069 "2020-04-21T00:53:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![david\_wert](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/david_wert/32/1934_2.png) [@david\_wert](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/david_wert)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/opening-jupyter-from-terminal/4069/1 "2020-04-21T00:53:17Z")

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I try to open Jupyter from the command line but when the browser pops up it gives me an error and does not open. What I am able to do is copy and paste a link from the terminal in the terminal and then it opens up perfectly. The browser that I am using is firefox.