The line of code that throws Could not run curl-config: [Errno 2] No such file or directory” when installing pycurl on Linux, should inform the user as to remedy - a pre-requisite, rather than leaving them to test their google skills.
You can add system variable by
(by doing this you can use easy_install without specifying path)
1 Clicking on Properties of My Computer
2 Then chose Advanced...
How to change the Jupyter Lab start-up folder
I see two answers with good qualities, each with a small flaw, so I will give my take on it:
Try os.path.exists, and consider os.makedirs...
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