i recently installed anaconda but each time i type jupyter --help command on my terminal it never works. please do help

Hello utibe129 !

1. Check your PATH: Ensure that Anaconda's bin directory is included in your system's PATH environment variable. This allows your terminal to locate the jupyter command. You can typically find the Anaconda bin directory at /path/to/anaconda/bin. If it's not already in your PATH, you can add it by modifying your shell's configuration file (e.g., .bashrc, .bash_profile, .zshrc, etc.).
2. Activate your Anaconda environment: If you're using a specific Anaconda environment, make sure it's activated in your terminal before running the jupyter command. You can activate an environment by typing conda activate <environment_name>.
3. Verify Anaconda installation: Double-check that Anaconda was installed correctly on your system. You can do this by running conda --version or conda list in your terminal. If Anaconda is installed properly, you should see the version information or a list of installed packages.
4. Try running directly from Anaconda prompt: If you're on Windows, try running the jupyter --help command from the Anaconda Prompt instead of the default terminal. Sometimes there can be issues with PATH configuration on Windows.
5. Reinstall Jupyter: If none of the above solutions work, you can try reinstalling Jupyter using conda. You can do this by running conda install jupyter in your terminal. This command will ensure that Jupyter is properly installed and configured within your Anaconda environment.

I’d expect a setup step was missed here somewhere, but some of these sequences are seemingly unfortunately fairly involved.

Here are the setup steps for Anaconda: https://docs.anaconda.com/free/anaconda/install/mac-os/

Here are the (seemingly completely unrelated) setup steps for Jupyter: https://jupyter.org/install

For just Jupyter, I’d follow those second steps, and would download and install Python directly from the Python website, and not via Homebrew. You can then use the pip command shown in the Jupyter setup sequence.

Failing that, best check with the folks supporting the apps here; Jupyter and Anaconda and whatever else is getting installed here.