How can I install Python packages from within a Zeppelin notebook?

["Partridge, Lucas (GE Aviation)" <Lu...@ge.com>]

The docs<https://zeppelin.apache.org/docs/0.7.0/interpreter/python.html#default> for the Python interpreter say: "The interpreter can use all modules already installed (with pip, easy_install...)".  For example, on my own personal Zeppelin installation I can access the hdfs package by running sudo -E pip install hdfs in a terminal.

But how can I import a package such as hdfs when I'm running on someone else's Zeppelin installation and can't login to a terminal on the system hosting Zeppelin? At the moment it appears I have to lobby the sysadmin for Zeppelin to run pip install for me. Ideally I could run some command in a notebook to make an arbitrary Python package available to me.  Or is this prevented by design to stop different users clashing with each other on a multi-user system? Thanks.

Re: How can I install Python packages from within a Zeppelin notebook?

[moon soo Lee <mo...@apache.org>]

If you have Conda environment, you can try use %python.conda interpreter
included in 0.7.0.
http://zeppelin.apache.org/docs/0.7.0/interpreter/python.html#conda

Features are not fully documented on website, but if you just run
"%python.conda help" it'll print full features.
%python.conda interpreter allows create/switch conda environment and
install/uninstall packages in it.

Hope this helps.

Best,
moon

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:03 PM Partridge, Lucas (GE Aviation) <
Lucas.Partridge@ge.com> wrote:

> The docs
> <https://zeppelin.apache.org/docs/0.7.0/interpreter/python.html#default>
> for the Python interpreter say: “The interpreter can use all modules *
> already installed* (with pip, easy_install...)”.  For example, on my own
> personal Zeppelin installation I can access the hdfs package by running *sudo
> –E pip install hdfs* in a terminal.
>
>
>
> But how can I import a package such as hdfs when I’m running on someone
> else’s Zeppelin installation and can’t login to a terminal on the system
> hosting Zeppelin? At the moment it appears I have to lobby the sysadmin for
> Zeppelin to run *pip install* for me. Ideally I could run some command in
> a notebook to make an arbitrary Python package available to me.  Or is this
> prevented by design to stop different users clashing with each other on a
> multi-user system? Thanks.
>