How to display BioPython help text

After installing a package, you can confirm that the package was installed correctly by opening a Jupyter Notebook in that environment, importing the package, and displaying its help text. In this example, we will use the BioPython package.

1. Start Navigator.

2. Make sure Jupyter Notebook is installed on your Home page.

3. To install the BioPython package, follow the instructions in Managing packages.

4. Click the green play icon on your biopython environment and select Open with Jupyter Notebook.

5. In the Jupyter Notebook, click New and select your installed Python version.

   

6. Copy and paste the following code into the first cell:

   import Bio
   help(Bio)
   

7. To run the code, click Run or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Enter (or Ctrl + Return in macOS).

8. The BioPython help text is displayed.