Installing the Scala kernel

There is currently no process for installing the Scala kernel in a Windows environment. I'm not sure why. I expect this to change over time.

The steps for Mac OS/X are given here (taken from https://developer.ibm.com/hadoop/2016/05/04/install-jupyter-notebook-spark):

1. Install GIT using this:

   yum install git
   

2. Copy the Scala package locally:

   git clone https://github.com/alexarchambault/jupyter-scala.git
   

3. Install the sbt build tool by running this:

   sudo yum install sbt
   

4. Move to the Scala package directory:

   cd jupyter-scala
   

5. Build the package:

   sbt cli/packArchive
   

6. To launch the Scala shell, use this command:

   ./jupyter-scala
   

7. Check the kernels installed by running this command: (you should see Scala in the list now):

    jupyter kernelspec list
   

8. Launch the Jupyter Notebook:

   jupyter notebook
   

9. You can now choose to use a Scala 2.11 shell.

   At this point, if you start Jupyter, you will see the choice for Scala listed:

   

If we create a Scala notebook, we end up with the familiar layout...