I want to install a version of Spyder higher than 5.1.5 on Anaconda 2.3.0. I have updated anaconda using either the pop up of anaconda or using CMD and typing
conda update --all
or
conda update conda
conda update anaconda
After I updated Anaconda, I tried to update spyder. I made several attemps:
I used the wheel next to spyder and did "update spyder". That took very long, ended after more than one hour but Spyder is still version 5.1.5. I then used the wheel to manually select an install version, I picked one of the latest two, 5.2.2. However even after spending more than 3 hours, the update is not over. It's still running. "Upgrading application spyder on C:\my path" with a loading circle running below Spyder's icon and "Spyder" on the navigator.
I also tried to remove spyder before reinstalling it with:
conda remove spyder
conda remove python-language-server
conda update anaconda
conda install spyder=5.2.2
But it stuck at the last step with conflicts running for more than 6 hours with no end in sight.
I uninstalled anaconda, started with a fresh install and tried the same things, after a fresh install I tried only doing: conda install spyder=5.2.2, but that didn't work, it also ran for more than 5 hours helplessly.
I tried to remove spyder from the navigator by uninstalling it individually before reinstalling spyder from the 5.2.2 directly but it didn't work either.
Thanks for your help.