Getting versions right

[gideonsimpson]

I've had some trouble of late getting this module to work properly with jupyterlab 3.x. I've a conda installation of jupyterlab 3.0.11, and when I try to add it, conda installs jupyterlab-git-0.22.0, but it does not seem to be functional. If I then click on the extensions tab of jupyterlab, it shows up with a red border, along with nbdime. Any suggetsions?

[krassowski]

It is currently in beta due to the beta status of a dependency (which is being worked on). To get the latest beta release you can use:

pip install --pre jupyterlab-git==0.30.0b3

But it seems that there is no beta release on conda-forge indeed. Please be advised that mixing conda and pip may result in (difficult to diagnose) issues, so ideally once the final version lands on conda-forge, you should first uninstall the beta version installed with pip and only then install the stable version using conda.

[krassowski]

Also, note that neither jlpm install nor jlpm build steps are required for JupyterLab 3.0+, and it even appears that using those may lead to issues. I recommend only using pip/conda way of installing extension for JupyterLab 3 (if possible).