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I get the same error message when attempting to start Spyder on Ubuntu Yakkety. I found a corresponding bug report in Debian. It seems like the issue is resolved in newer versions of Spyder but so far this has only been packaged for Debian experimental. Once this has been tested for a while, I would expect it to land in Debian unstable at which point it can be synced to Ubuntu. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #826042 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=826042 ** Also affects: spyder (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=826042 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: spyder (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620300 Title: Spyder won't start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spyder/+bug/1620300/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs