Jupyter Lab extensions fail to build

[dr-kinder]

I am attempting to install Plotly extensions to the Jupyter Lab environment as described in the "JupyterLab Support (Python 3.5+)" instructions here.

Whenever I attempt a build, or a jupyterlab extension install ... without the --nobuild option, installation fails. The trouble comes from npm, but I cannot find any information about this error.

error Couldn't find any versions for "@types/d3" that matches "^[object Object]"

For more information on the problem, this is the result of an attempted build:

$ jupyter lab build
[LabBuildApp] JupyterLab 1.2.6
[LabBuildApp] Building in /usr/local/share/jupyter/lab
[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
An error occured.
RuntimeError: npm dependencies failed to install
See the log file for details:  ...

These are the contents of the log file:

[LabBuildApp] Building in /usr/local/share/jupyter/lab
[LabBuildApp] Yarn configuration loaded.
[LabBuildApp] Node v13.8.0

[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
[LabBuildApp] > node /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/jupyterlab/staging/yarn.js install --non-interactive
[LabBuildApp] yarn install v1.15.2
[1/5] Validating package.json...
[2/5] Resolving packages...
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > regl-splom > left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > regl-error2d > bubleify > buble > os-homedir@2.0.0: This is not needed anymore. Use `require('os').homedir()` instead.
error Couldn't find any versions for "@types/d3" that matches "^[object Object]"
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

[LabBuildApp] npm dependencies failed to install
...

I successfully installed plotly and d3 with npm.
I am running Python 3.7.6, Jupyter Lab 1.2.6, IPyWidgets 7.5.1, Yarn 1.22.0, and Node 13.8.0.
All Python packages were installed using pip.

[nicolaskruchten]

Hmm I think I might have an idea... can you please share the output of jupyter labextension list?

Also, please note that you don’t need to use NPM yourself directly to install anything: Jupyter Lab uses NPM under the hood so that’s why the error comes from there but there’s nothing you should need to do yourself with it :)

[flrs-edf]

I have the same issue. Here is the output of jupyter labextension list (redacted: ***):

(***) C:\Users\***>jupyter labextension list
JupyterLab v1.2.6
Known labextensions:
   app dir: C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\envs\***\share\jupyter\lab
        @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v1.1.0 enabled  ok
        @jupyterlab/toc v2.0.0-rc.0 enabled  ok
        arcgis-map-ipywidget v1.6.2-post1 enabled  ok
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.5.1 enabled  ok
        plotlywidget v1.5.1 enabled  ok

Build recommended, please run `jupyter lab build`:
    arcgis-map-ipywidget needs to be included in build
    @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager needs to be included in build
    @jupyterlab/toc needs to be included in build
    plotlywidget needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-plotly needs to be included in build

[nicolaskruchten]

Ok, and does the build succeed with versions 1.5.0 of the Plotly extensions?

[matdecac]

Hello, I am having the same error for a week. For now I am using orca to generate the graphs.

Same problem occurs with v1.5.0 of plotly extensions.

[mansenfranzen]

I'm having the exact same issue with a clean conda env and pip installs under Ubuntu 18.04LTS with python 3.6.7, jupyterlab 1.2.0, ipywidgets 7.5.1, plotly 4.5.1, plotly-express 0.4.1, nodejs 13.9.0.

[nicolaskruchten]

it would really help if everyone chiming in here could include the output of jupyter labextension list so we can triangulate where the conflict is coming from please :)

[matdecac]

Here is the Dockerfile I am using :

FROM ubuntu:rolling
RUN apt-get update && \ 
    apt-get upgrade -y && \
    apt-get install -y gcc python3 python-pip python3-venv npm && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
    rm /bin/sh && ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh && \
    useradd user --home /home/user/ --create-home --shell /bin/bash
USER user
WORKDIR "/home/user/"
RUN mkdir -p venv && \
    python3 -m venv venv/ && \
    venv/bin/pip3 install --upgrade pip --no-cache-dir && \
    venv/bin/pip3 install --no-cache-dir \
        numpy \
        pandas \
        jupyterlab==1.2 \
        "ipywidgets==7.5" \
        plotly==4.5.1
#RUN export NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=4096 && \
#    venv/bin/jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager@1.1 --no-build && \
#    venv/bin/jupyter labextension install plotlywidget@1.5.1 --no-build && \
#    venv/bin/jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-plotly@1.5.1 --no-build && \
#    venv/bin/jupyter lab build && \
#    unset NODE_OPTIONS

Those are warnings and error that happens during build

warning plotlywidget > plotly.js > regl-splom > left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()
warning plotlywidget > plotly.js > regl-error2d > bubleify > buble > os-homedir@2.0.0: This is not needed anymore. Use `require('os').homedir()` instead.
error Couldn't find any versions for "@types/d3" that matches "^[object Object]"

Here is the output of jupyter labextension list:

JupyterLab v1.2.0
Known labextensions:
   app dir: /home/user/venv/share/jupyter/lab
        @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v1.1.0  enabled  OK
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.5.1  enabled  OK
        plotlywidget v1.5.1  enabled  OK

Build recommended, please run `jupyter lab build`:
    @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager needs to be included in build
    plotlywidget needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-plotly needs to be included in build

Here is the output from my last working setup of jupyter labextension list:

JupyterLab v1.2.3
Known labextensions:
   app dir: /media/CR750/home/comptadecac/venv/share/jupyter/lab
        @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v1.1.0  enabled  OK
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.3.0  enabled  OK
        plotlywidget v1.3.0  enabled  OK

I modified my docker to use v1.3 of plotly extensions, but it throws the same error, and same result for jupyter labextension list.

Hopes it help

[nicolaskruchten]

Extremely helpful, thank you @matdecac ! This error doesn’t have the same cause as the one I have previously encountered, so I will have to investigate more fully next week.

If anyone else encounters an installation problem, please continue to provide similar details so I can determine if we have one or many issues to tackle :)

[mansenfranzen]

@nicolaskruchten here comes the jupyter labextension list:

JupyterLab v1.2.0
Known labextensions:
   app dir: /***/envs/env_dist_dev/share/jupyter/lab
        @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v1.1.0  enabled  OK
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.5.1  enabled  OK
        plotlywidget v1.5.1  enabled  OK

Build recommended, please run `jupyter lab build`:
    @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager needs to be included in build
    plotlywidget needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-plotly needs to be included in build

[dr-kinder]

Here is the output of jupyter labextension list on my system:

$ jupyter labextension list
JupyterLab v1.2.6
Known labextensions:
   app dir: /usr/local/share/jupyter/lab
        @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v1.1.0  enabled  OK
        @pyviz/jupyterlab_pyviz v0.8.0  enabled  OK
        jupyter-matplotlib v0.3.0  enabled  OK
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.5.1  enabled  OK
        jupyterlab_bokeh v1.0.0  enabled  OK
        plotlywidget v1.5.1  enabled  OK

Build recommended, please run `jupyter lab build`:
    plotlywidget needs to be included in build
    @pyviz/jupyterlab_pyviz needs to be included in build
    jupyter-matplotlib needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab_bokeh needs to be included in build
    @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-plotly needs to be included in build

[zezuladp]

Same issue here.

root@39d6358ab159:/# jupyter labextension install --no-build jupyterlab-plotly@1.5.1
root@39d6358ab159:/# jupyter lab build
[LabBuildApp] JupyterLab 1.2.5
[LabBuildApp] Building in /usr/local/share/jupyter/lab
[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
An error occured.
RuntimeError: npm dependencies failed to install
See the log file for details:  /tmp/jupyterlab-debug-ot4fa8pa.log
root@39d6358ab159:/# jupyter labextension list
JupyterLab v1.2.5
Known labextensions:
   app dir: /usr/local/share/jupyter/lab
        jupyter-threejs v2.1.1  enabled  OK
        jupyterlab-datawidgets v6.2.0  enabled  OK
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.5.1  enabled  OK

Build recommended, please run `jupyter lab build`:
    jupyter-threejs needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-datawidgets needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-plotly needs to be included in build

where my logfile says:

[LabBuildApp] Building in /usr/local/share/jupyter/lab
[LabBuildApp] Yarn configuration loaded.
[LabBuildApp] Node v12.16.1

[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
[LabBuildApp] > node /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyterlab/staging/yarn.js install --non-interactive
[LabBuildApp] yarn install v1.15.2
[1/5] Validating package.json...
[2/5] Resolving packages...
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > regl-splom > left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > point-cluster > bubleify > buble > os-homedir@2.0.0: This is not needed anymore. Use `require('os').homedir()` instead.
error Couldn't find any versions for "@types/d3" that matches "^[object Object]"
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

[LabBuildApp] npm dependencies failed to install
[LabBuildApp] Traceback (most recent call last):

[LabBuildApp]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyterlab/debuglog.py", line 47, in debug_logging
    yield

[LabBuildApp]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyterlab/labapp.py", line 98, in start
    command=command, app_options=app_options)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 459, in build
    command=command, clean_staging=clean_staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 660, in build
    raise RuntimeError(msg)

[LabBuildApp] RuntimeError: npm dependencies failed to install

[LabBuildApp] Exiting application: JupyterLab

edit: related:
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped#42558

yet to find a workaround though

[spalvadeau]

Hi, I have the same issue. It appeared suddenly. Two days ago, build was successful. Today, I created a new conda env (copy from a environment.yml with the exact same packages) and it fails.
Here is the output of jupyter labextension list

JupyterLab v1.2.6
Known labextensions:
   app dir: C:\Users\Samuel.PALVADEAU\projects\OpenClassRooms\DataAnalyst\P6\conda-env\share\jupyter\lab
        @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v1.1.0 enabled  ok
        @jupyterlab/toc v1.0.1 enabled  ok
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.5.1 enabled  ok
        plotlywidget v1.5.1 enabled  ok

Build recommended, please run `jupyter lab build`:
    @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager needs to be included in build
    plotlywidget needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-plotly needs to be included in build

and the log file

[LabBuildApp] Building in C:\Users\Samuel.PALVADEAU\projects\OpenClassRooms\DataAnalyst\P6\conda-env\share\jupyter\lab
[LabBuildApp] Yarn configuration loaded.
[LabBuildApp] Node v13.9.0

[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
[LabBuildApp] > node C:\Users\Samuel.PALVADEAU\projects\OpenClassRooms\DataAnalyst\P6\conda-env\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\staging\yarn.js install --non-interactive
[LabBuildApp] yarn install v1.15.2
[1/5] Validating package.json...
[2/5] Resolving packages...
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > regl-splom > left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > point-cluster > bubleify > buble > os-homedir@2.0.0: This is not needed anymore. Use `require('os').homedir()` instead.
error Couldn't find any versions for "@types/d3" that matches "^[object Object]"
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

[LabBuildApp] npm dependencies failed to install
[LabBuildApp] Traceback (most recent call last):

[LabBuildApp]   File "C:\Users\Samuel.PALVADEAU\projects\OpenClassRooms\DataAnalyst\P6\conda-env\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\debuglog.py", line 47, in debug_logging
    yield

[LabBuildApp]   File "C:\Users\Samuel.PALVADEAU\projects\OpenClassRooms\DataAnalyst\P6\conda-env\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\labapp.py", line 97, in start
    build(name=self.name, version=self.version,

[LabBuildApp]   File "C:\Users\Samuel.PALVADEAU\projects\OpenClassRooms\DataAnalyst\P6\conda-env\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\commands.py", line 458, in build
    return handler.build(name=name, version=version, static_url=static_url,

[LabBuildApp]   File "C:\Users\Samuel.PALVADEAU\projects\OpenClassRooms\DataAnalyst\P6\conda-env\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\commands.py", line 660, in build
    raise RuntimeError(msg)

[LabBuildApp] RuntimeError: npm dependencies failed to install

[LabBuildApp] Exiting application: JupyterLab

[nicolaskruchten]

Ok so we released versions 1.5.1 of the extensions this past Wednesday... maybe something in there causes this but some people are reporting the same issue with the weeks-old 1.5.0 versions of the extensions. If anyone has a chance to try with a clean environment and the 1.5.0 extensions I’d love to know if this still happens. I’ve not been able to reproduce this issue myself yet.

[mansenfranzen]

Tested extensions with explicit 1.5.0 version under fresh win10 env but got same error :-(.

jupyter labextension list:

JupyterLab v1.2.0
Known labextensions:
   app dir: c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\share\jupyter\lab
        @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v1.1.0 enabled  ok
        jupyterlab-plotly v1.5.0 enabled  ok
        plotlywidget v1.5.0 enabled  ok

Build recommended, please run `jupyter lab build`:
    @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager needs to be included in build
    plotlywidget needs to be included in build
    jupyterlab-plotly needs to be included in build

Error log:

jupyter lab build
[LabBuildApp] JupyterLab 1.2.0
[LabBuildApp] Building in c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\share\jupyter\lab
[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
An error occured.
RuntimeError: npm dependencies failed to install

[LabBuildApp] Building in c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\share\jupyter\lab
[LabBuildApp] Yarn configuration loaded.
[LabBuildApp] Node v10.13.0

[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
[LabBuildApp] > node c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\staging\yarn.js install --non-interactive
[LabBuildApp] yarn install v1.15.2
[1/5] Validating package.json...
[2/5] Resolving packages...
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > regl-splom > left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()
warning jupyterlab-plotly > plotly.js > point-cluster > bubleify > buble > os-homedir@2.0.0: This is not needed anymore. Use `require('os').homedir()` instead.
error Couldn't find any versions for "@types/d3" that matches "^[object Object]"
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

[LabBuildApp] npm dependencies failed to install
[LabBuildApp] Traceback (most recent call last):

[LabBuildApp]   File "c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\debuglog.py", line 47, in debug_logging
    yield

[LabBuildApp]   File "c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\labapp.py", line 98, in start
    command=command, app_options=app_options)

[LabBuildApp]   File "c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\commands.py", line 459, in build
    command=command, clean_staging=clean_staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "c:\***\miniconda3\envs\test_juplab\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\commands.py", line 660, in build
    raise RuntimeError(msg)

[LabBuildApp] RuntimeError: npm dependencies failed to install

[LabBuildApp] Exiting application: JupyterLab

[peterblazejewicz]

yet to find a workaround though

folks, I think you could change reference in the CI build (or whenever you're specifying NPM related content) to reference @types/plotly.js@1.44.24 - this just installs type definitions and probably have not diret impact on the Python related stuff I guess.
There is invalid entry in the NPM package registration, as described here:
microsoft/types-publisher#746
Thanks!