Cannot import modules in jupyter notebook; wrong sys.path

Question

I am having a problem importing modules in my iPython/Jupyter notebook. The problem fundamentally lies in where the sys.path is pointing to.

From the iPython/Jupyte

Answer 1

1. Open a new terminal window and see if this helps. If not, proceed with 2.

2. Start a standard Python session from the terminal and type this:

   >>> import sys
   >>> sys.executable
   

3. Do the same in the notebook:

   In [1]: import sys
           sys.executable
   

4. Compare the results. Hopefully, this gives you a clue what is going on.