Can't find a new Jupyter kernel on gitpod

Question

I'm trying to install a new mysql kernel on Gitpod: https://pypi.org/project/mysql-kernel/ But visual studio code doesn't find the kernel

After installing the new jupyter kernel on gitpod. Everything seems to be ok.

But visual studio code doesn't show the possibility to select a new jupyter kernel:

I would expect something like

(source)

Answer 1

You have to click "Select Another Kernel..." in:

to see these options:

Answer 2

I think I found a solution: It seems that vs code on gitpod loads the jupyter kernel list on startup. I added a .gitpod.yml to install the kernel before the workspace is started. It works to me

tasks:
- before: >
      pip install mysql_kernel;
      python -m mysql_kernel.install;

https://www.gitpod.io/docs/configure/workspaces/tasks