Jupyter Notebook 500: Internal Server Error [Solved]

# Jupyter Notebook 500: Internal Server Error [Solved]

The Jupyter Notebook 500: Internal Server Error exceptions usually occur when you have an outdated version of the nbconvert package.

To solve the error, open your terminal and update the package by running pip install --upgrade nbconvert.

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pip install --upgrade nbconvert

# Or with pip3
pip3 install --upgrade nbconvert

If you get a permissions error when running the command, use the --user flag.

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pip install --upgrade --user nbconvert

# Or with pip3
pip3 install --upgrade --user nbconvert

If you use conda, run the following two commands instead.

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conda install -c anaconda nbconvert

conda update nbconvert

The nbconvert package is used to convert notebooks to other formats.

If the error persists, upgrade your version of the jupyterhub package as well.

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pip install --upgrade jupyterhub

# Or with pip3
pip3 install --upgrade jupyterhub

If you use conda, run the following commands instead.

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conda install -c conda-forge jupyterhub

conda update jupyterhub

If the issue persists, try to upgrade the jupyter package as well.

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pip install --upgrade jupyter

# Or with pip3
pip3 install --upgrade jupyter

You can also try to update jupyter by running the following command.

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pip install --upgrade "ipython[all]"

# Or with pip3
pip3 install --upgrade "ipython[all]"

If you use conda, use the following commands instead.

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conda install -c anaconda jupyter

conda update jupyter

If you still get the error, try to upgrade jupyter_contrib_nbextensions.

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pip install --upgrade jupyter_contrib_nbextensions

# Or with pip3
pip3 install --upgrade jupyter_contrib_nbextensions

If you use anaconda, run the following commands instead.

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conda install -c conda-forge jupyter_contrib_nbextensions

conda update jupyter_contrib_nbextensions

If the issue persists, try to restart the Jupyter Kernel.

1. Click on Kernel in the top menu.
2. Select Restart and confirm when prompted.

# Additional Resources

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