The Encountering the “No module named ‘ipykernel'” error in Python can be frustrating especially when working with the Jupyter notebooks or JupyterLab. This error typically occurs when the ‘ipykernel‘ module responsible for running Python code in Jupyter environments is missing or not configured correctly. In this article, we will see how we can fix ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘ipykernel’ in Python.

What is No module named ipykernel in Python?

The “No module named ‘ipykernel'” error indicates that Python cannot find ‘ipykernel‘ module, making it impossible to execute code within the Jupyter notebooks or JupyterLab. This error can occur for various reasons including missing installations, incorrect configurations, or issues with The virtual environments.

Error Syntax

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ipykernel'

below, are the reasons for occurring for Python No module named ipykernel in Python:

• Script Without ipykernel Installed
• Typo Mistake

Python Script Without ipykernel Installed

Running this script would result the error as ipykernel is not installed in our system.

# script.py

# Attempting to import ipykernel
import ipykernel

# Rest of the code...

Output

Hangup (SIGHUP)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Solution.py", line 4, in <module>
    import ipykernel
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ipykernel'

Typo Mistake

If we didn’t import the correctly ipykernel module then it will raise the ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘ipykernel’ in Python.

#Incorrect Import Command

import ipykerne

Output

Hangup (SIGHUP)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Solution.py", line 4, in <module>
    import ipykernel
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ipykerne'

Solution for Python No Module Named ipykernel in Python

Below, are the approaches to solve Python No module named ipykernel in Python:

• Install ipykernel
• Correct Typo Mistake

Install ipykernel

Ensure that the ipykernel module is installed in your Python environment. You can do this using pip, Python’s package manager, by executing the following command in your terminal :

pip install ipykernel

Correct Typo Mistake

For resolve the issue of ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘ipykernel’ in Python correct the typo mistake as shown below after correcting the typo mistake we can avoid the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘ipykernel’ in Python.

import ipykernel

above command is the correct command for import the ipykernel.