wolframclient cannot locate kernel in Pop!_OS(linux distro)

[evanhowington]

I can run the same code with Line 11 in windows10, but when I move to Pop!_OS(linux distro built on ubuntu) it is unable to locate the kernel. I first attempted Line 11, which did not work and then I found in the docs I need to specify the kernel location, which I did but cannot find it for some reason.

I verified this location using mathematica as well as going into the directory itself on the pc to verify it is present. I also tried specifying "WolframKernel.sh" at the end of the file path but that did not help either.

[DbxDev]

For some unknown reasons os.path.isfile returns false for the kernel path. You should be able to verify that using:

>>> from os.path import isfile
>>> isfile('/path/to/kernel')

(don't forget to set the path accordingly).

According the the Python documentation isfile calls exists which may return False on some platforms due to execute permissions.