can solara run without creating a virtual environment

[bobwatcherx]

is it possible to run solara without creating a virtual environment like this

root@miop-HP-Convertible-x360-11-ab1XX:/home/miop/belajar/ytrouting# solara run sol.py 
Solara server is starting at http://localhost:8765
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/solara", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/solara/__main__.py", line 665, in main
    cli()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/rich_click/rich_group.py", line 21, in main
    rv = super().main(*args, standalone_mode=False, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/solara/__main__.py", line 381, in run
    start_server()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/solara/__main__.py", line 353, in start_server
    server.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 61, in run
    return asyncio.run(self.serve(sockets=sockets))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/asyncio/runners.py", line 44, in run
    return loop.run_until_complete(main)
  File "uvloop/loop.pyx", line 1517, in uvloop.loop.Loop.run_until_complete
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 68, in serve
    config.load()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/uvicorn/config.py", line 473, in load
    self.loaded_app = import_from_string(self.app)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/uvicorn/importer.py", line 21, in import_from_string
    module = importlib.import_module(module_str)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/solara/server/starlette.py", line 49, in <module>
    from . import server, settings, telemetry, websocket
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/solara/server/server.py", line 330, in <module>
    nbconvert_static = find_prefixed_directory("/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/lab/static")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/solara/server/server.py", line 278, in find_prefixed_directory
    raise RuntimeError(f"{path} not found at prefixes: {prefixes}")
RuntimeError: /share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/lab/static not found at prefixes: ['/usr', '/root/.local']

[maartenbreddels]

Hi,

Yes, that should be possible, and I always do that.
Could you share with me your nbconvert version?
And could you find where the nbconvert/templates/lab/static directory is on your system?

PS: I think this is an issue, not a discussion.