'Jupyter Lab not opening on Ubuntu

Im using Ubuntu as my OS. I have been able to download and open anaconda-navigator through command line. but I can't open up Jupyter lab or jupyter notebook. it is giving me the following error.

Access to the file was denied
The file at file:///home/basant/.local/share/jupyter/runtime/jpserver-6359-open.html is not readable. It may have been removed, moved or file permissions may be preventing access.

I tried changing permissions but it hasn't helped. uninstalled and re-installed everything. didn't work.

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Solution 1:[1]

I had the same problem after an Ubuntu upgrade. The problem was solved by two steps:

  1. Generate a jupyter config file, from terminal type:

     jupyter notebook --generate-config

  2. Then open the file, which is saved at /home/username/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py, append c.NotebookApp.use_redirect_file = False and save. You can now start jupyter.

Solution 2:[2]

I don't have sufficient reputation to add a comment, which would have been my preference, but found the answer above also resolved a similar issue on Ubuntu 22.04 using jupyter-lab. I am using Jupyter without Anaconda:

input: jupyter-lab

output: Access to the file was denied

The file at .local/share/jupyter/runtime/jpserver-42340-open.html is not readable. It may have been removed, moved, or file permissions may be preventing access.

The file did not exist so changing permissions made no sense.

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Suraj Rao
Solution 2 Sildeag

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