Philip: Thank you very much for your posting. During the weekend, trying different solutions, I ended up doing something very similar (i.e., installing updates in a new conda environment). I will do this going forward, as it will prevent me from not having at least a version of Spyder that works fine.
For maintenance, one might remove older versions from time to time. Here are a couple of useful conda commands: ○ Use conda *info -e* to check how many environments there are ○ To remove an environment: *conda remove --name envtoremove --all* I was not aware of the automatically generated shortcut for Windows - using it now (vs. launching Anaconda Powershell Prompt + activating environment + running spyder) On Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:09:56 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > > What worked best for me was installing Spyder in a new conda environment > (tested with both the Anaconda Individual Edition and Miniconda on Windows > 11 Beta). > > First update the base environment to make sure you have the latest conda > package manager: > conda update --all > > Next create a new conda environment, activate it and install the latest > version of Spyder in it, alongside the optional dependencies. I also added > seaborn and libraries that pandas uses for reading and writing to excel > files: > conda create -n spyder514 > conda activate spyder514 > conda config --add channels conda-forge > conda config --set channel_priority strict > conda install spyder=5.1.4 > conda install cython matplotlib numpy pandas scipy sympy seaborn openpyxl > xlrd xlsxwriter > > You can launch Spyder 5.1.4 from the Anaconda Powershell Prompt by using: > conda activate spyder514 > spyder > > However a Start Menu shortcut should also be created on Windows which can > be used to launch Spyder. > > I also tested this on Ubuntu 21.10 Beta. There seems to be no prompt to > install Kite in the latest version and I had to manually download the .sh > file from here and install it using the terminal: > https://linux.kite.com/dls/linux/current > On Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 3:38:31 PM UTC+1 [email protected] > wrote: > >> In my view, you may report the error and try to re-install the software. >> Regards, >> >> On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 7:50 AM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good morning: >>> >>> >>> >>> Before I enter a formal issue on Github, let me try this group as a >>> quick clarification might suffice. >>> >>> >>> >>> I just installed Spyder 5.1.3 using the Windows installer (I had used it >>> in the past; before I was using Conda to install updates – but it is now >>> taking too long for Spyder to show up even on Conda Forge). Here is the >>> final screen during installation: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I have two questions. First, when I look at “About Spyder…” It says that >>> I have version 5.0.5 (see below). Is this just a labeling issue, or the >>> newer version was not installed? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I’m also getting the infamous rtree dependency error: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> But I will wait to hear from someone regarding the success of my >>> installation with the Windows installer before tackling the rtree issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> >>> Danilo >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://linkedin.com/in/danilosantiago> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "spyder" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/spyderlib/001a01d7a579%243ad962f0%24b08c28d0%24%40rational-im.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/spyderlib/001a01d7a579%243ad962f0%24b08c28d0%24%40rational-im.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/spyderlib/419db8d6-ca27-407e-88bb-5a16cdf67698n%40googlegroups.com.
