It did work!  It lost a few panes but it was easy to restore them.

Now running version Spyder version: 6.0.1  (conda)

Thanks for your help Carlos.


On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 at 17:01, Carlos Córdoba <ccordob...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You used conda-forge, as I suspected, which is really good.
>
> Then you should be able to update by simply running this command:
>
>     conda install spyder=6
>
>
> Cheers,
> Carlos
>
> El 17/10/24 a las 0:37, Derek escribió:
>
> Hi
>
> AFAIK, I installed via conda - here is the extract related to Spyder from
> its package list:
>
> $ conda list
> # packages in environment at /home/derek/miniconda3:
> #
> # Name                    Version                   Build    Channel
> spyder                    5.5.6           py311h38be061_0    conda-forge
> spyder-kernels            2.5.2           unix_pyh707e725_0  conda-forge
>
> Thanks
> Derek
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 at 23:05, Carlos Córdoba <ccordob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How did you install Spyder? Since you posted you're using 5.5.6, it seems
>> you didn't install through Anaconda.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carlos
>>
>> El 16/10/24 a las 13:01, Derek escribió:
>>
>> Thanks Carlos
>>
>> I am obviously missing something key, as I cannot understand why the
>> previous update approach - which has always "just worked" - seems to have
>> been abandoned.  I did not have to wait 3 or 6 months; there was simply a
>> short command provided on the update dialog box to copy & run.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Derek
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 at 17:49, Carlos Córdoba <ccordob...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If you want to update via the defaults channel, then you’ll have to
>>> wait months (maybe three or perhaps even six) for that because that’s the
>>> time the Anaconda team takes these days to update Spyder. And, by the way,
>>> we can’t do anything about it because we’re not affiliated to Anaconda.
>>>
>>> The instructions I referenced in my previous email make use of the
>>> conda-forge channel, which is always up to date. But, since defaults
>>> and conda-forge packages are binary incompatible, you need to create a
>>> new environment for the update. Furthermore, you also need to install in
>>> that env all packages you need for your work from conda-forge.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlos
>>> El 16/10/24 a las 0:39, Derek escribió:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Yes, I have already been using Spyder for many years now and updates
>>> have always worked before - but now I cannot update to version 6.  I don't
>>> want to install; I want to upgrade.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 at 05:46, Carlos Córdoba <ccordob...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The link you referenced is to update Spyder with conda, not installing
>>>> it. The link for that is:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.spyder-ide.org/current/installation.html#installing-with-conda
>>>>
>>>> If you follow the instructions there then you'll be able to easily
>>>> install Spyder 6.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>> El 25/09/24 a las 4:19, Derek escribió:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> In the past, the message inside Spyder announcing an update provided
>>>> steps to follow for conda.
>>>>
>>>> The new announcement does not.  When I try and follow the website
>>>> instructions at
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.spyder-ide.org/current/installation.html#updating-with-conda
>>>> they fail.
>>>>
>>>> EnvironmentNameNotFound: Could not find conda environment: spyder-env
>>>> You can list all discoverable environments with `conda info --envs`.
>>>>
>>>> The only Conda envs listed are ones I have created for projects
>>>> ... now what do I do to upgrade?
>>>>
>>>> Current system info:
>>>>
>>>> * Spyder version: 5.5.6  (conda)
>>>> * Python version: 3.11.5 64-bit
>>>> * Qt version: 5.15.2
>>>> * PyQt5 version: 5.15.10
>>>> * Operating System: Linux-5.15.0-119-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Derek
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