[FAQ]

[niteshdmc]

Course

data-engineering-zoomcamp

Question

How to Resolve error: Failed to spawn: nbconvert Caused by: No such file or directory (os error 2)

Answer

First, ensure nbconvert is installed and upgraded:
pip install nbconvert --upgrade

If the issue persists, add the nbconvert to uv:
uv add jupyter nbconvert

and then try to run nbconvert:
uv run jupyter nbconvert --to=script notebook.ipynb

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[niteshdmc]

I faced this issue where noconvert wasn't running as is when following the workshop git and the docker video. Found out we had to first install in on FAQ but kept facing the issue. Adding it to uv resolved it.