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+## Version control installation of existing Notebook via jupytext
+
+```bash
+# do this once
+pip install jupytext
+jupyter notebook --generate-config -y
+echo 'c.NotebookApp.contents_manager_class = "jupytext.TextFileContentsManager"' >> ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+# allow notebook to automatically generate .py code from your notebook 
+jupytext --set-formats ipynb,VERSION-CONTROL-OUTPUT-DIRECTORY-NAME//py NOTEBOOK_NAME.ipynb
+
+# git add, commit, push the .py file
+# you can ignore the .ipynb file in your repository
+
+# as a collaborator you can then git pull the repository or changes
+# update your notebook with the repo's changes from the .py file
+jupytext --to notebook --update VERSION-CONTROL-OUTPUT-DIRECTORY-NAME/NOTEBOOK_NAME.py
+```
+
+further reference: https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext#jupytext-commands-in-jupyterlab
+
+## Installation of python projects and Jupyter
+```bash
+cd project_folder
+
+# create your virtual environment
+
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# add kernel to notebook
+python -m ipykernel install --user --name=$VENV-NAME
+
+# choose your $VENV-NAME kernel in notebook
+```