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Exporting notebooks to script requires Jupyter nbconvert but users is not prompted to do so.

See original GitHub issue

Environment data

VS Code version: 1.53.3
Jupyter Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): v2021.3.619093157
Python Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): v2021.3.658691958
OS (Windows | Mac | Linux distro) and version: Win20H2
Python and/or Anaconda version: 3.8.2
Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): venv
Jupyter server running: Local

Repro steps:

Have venv with jupyter and tensorflow
Navigate to the folder with venv in terminal, launch code .
Open saved .ipynb file (opens with correct venv python
Select “Convert a Notebook to Python Script”

Expected behaviour

Works

Actual behaviour

Fails with:

User belongs to experiment group 'jupyterTestcf'
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import notebook"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import jupyter"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import ipykernel"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py pip list
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py jupyter kernelspec --version
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import ipykernel"
Error 2021-03-20 01:26:58: Jupyter Kernel Spec not found for a local connection
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py vscode_datascience_helpers.daemon --daemon-module=vscode_datascience_helpers.jupyter_daemon -v
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py vscode_datascience_helpers.daemon --daemon-module=vscode_datascience_helpers.jupyter_daemon -v
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py vscode_datascience_helpers.daemon --daemon-module=vscode_datascience_helpers.jupyter_daemon -v
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import ipykernel"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py vscode_datascience_helpers.daemon --daemon-module=vscode_datascience_helpers.kernel_launcher_daemon -v
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import ipykernel"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py vscode_datascience_helpers.daemon --daemon-module=vscode_datascience_helpers.kernel_launcher_daemon -v
Started kernel Python 3.8.2 64-bit ('venv')
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import ipykernel"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import ipykernel"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py vscode_datascience_helpers.daemon --daemon-module=vscode_datascience_helpers.kernel_launcher_daemon -v
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py -c "import nbconvert"
> c:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground\venv\Scripts\python.exe c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py jupyter nbconvert --version
Error 2021-03-20 01:27:03: Export failed Error: Importing notebooks requires Jupyter nbconvert to be installed.
    at g.importFromFile (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:492139)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)
    at s.export (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:260294)
    at _.exportToFormat (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:257809)
    at _.performExport (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:256994)
    at _.export (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:256508)
    at c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:418329
    at u.waitWithStatus (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:828995)
    at E.importNotebook (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:418249)
    at E.listenForErrors (c:\Users\houskape\.vscode\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.3.619093157\out\client\extension.js:49:414146)
    at S._executeContributedCommand (c:\Users\houskape\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\services\extensions\node\extensionHostProcess.js:87:103766)

while nbconvert is installed in active venv:

PS C:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground> & c:/Users/houskape/source/repos/NDN4-playground/venv/Scripts/Activate.ps1
(venv) PS C:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground> python -m pip install "nbconvert"
Requirement already satisfied: nbconvert in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (6.0.7)
Requirement already satisfied: mistune<2,>=0.8.1 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (0.8.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pygments>=2.4.1 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (2.7.2)    
Requirement already satisfied: jupyterlab-pygments in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (0.1.2)
Requirement already satisfied: bleach in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (3.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: jupyter-core in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (4.7.0)
Requirement already satisfied: nbformat>=4.4 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (5.0.8)
Requirement already satisfied: defusedxml in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (0.6.0)
Requirement already satisfied: nbclient<0.6.0,>=0.5.0 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (0.5.1)
Requirement already satisfied: testpath in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (0.4.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pandocfilters>=1.4.1 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (1.4.3)
Requirement already satisfied: jinja2>=2.4 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (2.11.2)
Requirement already satisfied: traitlets>=4.2 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (5.0.5)
Requirement already satisfied: entrypoints>=0.2.2 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbconvert) (0.3)
Requirement already satisfied: webencodings in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from bleach->nbconvert) (0.5.1)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.9.0 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from bleach->nbconvert) (1.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from bleach->nbconvert) (20.5)
Requirement already satisfied: pywin32>=1.0; sys_platform == "win32" in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jupyter-core->nbconvert) (300)
Requirement already satisfied: ipython-genutils in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbformat>=4.4->nbconvert) (0.2.0)
Requirement already satisfied: jsonschema!=2.5.0,>=2.4 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbformat>=4.4->nbconvert) (3.2.0)
Requirement already satisfied: async-generator in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbclient<0.6.0,>=0.5.0->nbconvert) (1.10)
Requirement already satisfied: jupyter-client>=6.1.5 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbclient<0.6.0,>=0.5.0->nbconvert) (6.1.7)
Requirement already satisfied: nest-asyncio in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from nbclient<0.6.0,>=0.5.0->nbconvert) (1.4.3)
Requirement already satisfied: MarkupSafe>=0.23 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jinja2>=2.4->nbconvert) (1.1.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pyparsing>=2.0.2 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from packaging->bleach->nbconvert) (2.4.7)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jsonschema!=2.5.0,>=2.4->nbformat>=4.4->nbconvert) (41.2.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyrsistent>=0.14.0 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jsonschema!=2.5.0,>=2.4->nbformat>=4.4->nbconvert) (0.17.3)
Requirement already satisfied: attrs>=17.4.0 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jsonschema!=2.5.0,>=2.4->nbformat>=4.4->nbconvert) (20.3.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyzmq>=13 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jupyter-client>=6.1.5->nbclient<0.6.0,>=0.5.0->nbconvert) (20.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil>=2.1 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jupyter-client>=6.1.5->nbclient<0.6.0,>=0.5.0->nbconvert) (2.8.1)
Requirement already satisfied: tornado>=4.1 in c:\users\houskape\source\repos\ndn4-playground\venv\lib\site-packages (from jupyter-client>=6.1.5->nbclient<0.6.0,>=0.5.0->nbconvert) (6.1)
WARNING: You are using pip version 19.2.3, however version 21.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
(venv) PS C:\Users\houskape\source\repos\NDN4-playground>

Correct interpreter is selected:

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DavidKutucommented, Aug 31, 2021

Sorry for the late response and thanks everyone for commenting your solutions. From what I’m reading, we should prompt users to install missing dependencies (nbconvert, notebook, jupyter).

@rikkigouda, @juanbomfim22, @autoscraper and @petrroll, does this solve your issue?

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greazercommented, Jul 29, 2021

We need to understand why this is failing for some people. We need at minimum to add some logging.

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