Best Practices for Installing Jupyter Notebook on Linux Systems

# Chapter 1: Preparation

Before beginning the installation of Jupyter Notebook, it's essential to carry out some preliminary preparations to ensure that your system environment and dependencies meet the requirements. Here are the detailed steps for getting ready:

1. **Choose the right Linux distribution:**
- When installing Jupyter Notebook on Linux, select a suitable Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, etc.

2. **Verify the system version and requirements:**
- Ensure that your Linux system version complies with the best practices for Jupyter Notebook. It's recommended to use a newer system version for better compatibility.

3. **Install necessary package management tools:**
- Before installing Jupyter Notebook, make sure you have the necessary package management tools installed, such as pip (Python package manager) and other dependencies.

4. **Check system configuration and permissions:**
- Ensure that you have sufficient system permissions to install packages and configure environment variables.

5. **Network connection check:**
- Verify that your system has a stable network connection to download necessary packages from the software source.

By completing the above preparations, you'll be fully prepared to install and configure Jupyter Notebook seamlessly. We'll now proceed to the next chapter, which will cover how to install Python.

# Chapter 2: Installing Python

Before installing Jupyter Notebook, we must first install Python and carry out the necessary configurations. This chapter will provide detailed instructions on installing Python on a Linux system.

### Check Python Version

Before starting the installation, we first need to check whether Python is already installed on the system and confirm that its version meets the requirements for Jupyter Notebook.

$ python --version

Example output:

Python 3.8.5

### Install Python

If Python is not installed on your system or the version does not meet the requirements, you can use a package management tool to install it. For example, on Ubuntu, you can use the following commands to install Python 3:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install python3

### Configure Python Environment Variables

After the installation is complete, we need to configure Python's environment variables so that the system can correctly identify the Python interpreter.

Edit the `.bashrc` file in your home directory:

$ nano ~/.bashrc

Add the following content at the end of the file:

export PATH="/usr/bin/python3:$PATH"

Save the file and execute the following command to apply the changes:

$ source ~/.bashrc

Python has now been successfully installed and configured. We'll move on to installing Jupyter Notebook in the next section.

# Chapter 3: Installing Jupyter Notebook

In this chapter, we'll cover how to install Jupyter Notebook on a Linux system and make the necessary configurations.

### Install Jupyter Notebook with pip

Firstly, we need to use pip (Python package manager) to install Jupyter Notebook. Follow these steps:

1. Open the terminal window.
2. Run the following command to install Jupyter Notebook:

     pip install jupyter

3. Once the installation is complete, you can proceed with the configuration of Jupyter Notebook.

### Configure Jupyter Notebook

After the installation, we need to perform some configurations to ensure Jupyter Notebook operates correctly. Here are some common configuration options:

| Configuration Item | Description |
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| c.NotebookApp.port | Specify the port number for the Jupyter Notebook service. |
| c.NotebookApp.ip | Specify the IP address for the Jupyter Notebook service. |
| c.NotebookApp.open_