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Hi Jim, Since you're using Windows, I would highly recommend simply installing VMWare Player and downloading our Linux Virtual machine. Running the virtual machine opens basically a new computer (within your computer) and allows you to use Cave, web browsers, and python-awips. It already has python-awips installed, so the only thing you have to do is open a terminal, move (using cd) into the directory with python-awips installed and run jupyter notebook examples This will automatically kick off the browser for you and allow you full access to running and editing the notebooks. The instructions for installing the virtual machine are found here: http://unidata.github.io/awips2/install/install-cave/#method-1-linux-virtual-machine Please let me know if that helps? Thanks! --Shay Carter She/Her/Hers AWIPS Software Engineer UCAR - Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IUD-228100 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: High Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.