To answer your specific question about the widgets extension: right now the widgets extension is not distributed as an included extension, which means you will need node/npm to install it. We have considered making the jupyter widgets extension one of the standard extensions. I take it your email is a vote for including it as a standard extension?
Jason On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:21 AM Jason Grout <ja...@jasongrout.org> wrote: > (I should emphasize that JupyterLab *already* comes with a standard list > of plugins. pip or conda installing jupyterlab and then running "jupyter > lab" does not require npm or node to be installed.) > > Jason > > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:20 AM Jason Grout <ja...@jasongrout.org> wrote: > >> JupyterLab will come with a standard set of plugins precompiled, so to >> run the stock JupyterLab, the user won't need npm or node installed. To >> install *extra* plugins, the user will need node/npm installed for now. >> Note that if the user is using conda, npm is packaged for conda, so it >> *should* be relatively easy to get. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jason >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 6:12 AM Big Stone <stonebi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Would it be possible jupyterlab wheel to provide all is plugins, so >>> user's pc doesn't need to have npmjs.com nor nodejs on the pc ? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Project Jupyter" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to jupyter+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to jupyter@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/c2a6c3ff-9816-4657-aeb0-1bd1ef5b877a%40googlegroups.com >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Jupyter" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jupyter+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to jupyter@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAPDWZHw-2CHHwqii5S2-kQ6sYtPZXuVHt9FR%2BTyFm_gC8r-JtA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.