I want to install Spyder on my Anaconda, so I ran the code exactly as instructed here: https://anaconda.org/anaconda/spyder
conda install -c anaconda spyder
Running Spyder gave me both:
- A prompt that says that there is a new version of Spyder
- An internal error about "Spyder has encountered an internal problem!"
Okay, so I'll try to update Spyder first, and follow the command line instructions here: https://docs.spyder-ide.org/current/installation.html
conda update anaconda
conda update spyder
Opening Spyder still gave me the same prompt and error. I then checked my Spyder version to be 4.0.1.
Updating everything doesn't seem to help either:
conda update --all
My Spyder is still version 4.0.1.
Digging further on the error code, supposed "solutions" were given here:
https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/12243
https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/13370
https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/11798
Which is simply to tell users to install the latest version of Spyder by
conda install spyder=4.1.*
But those bug reports and "solutions" were made one year ago. Spyder is on later versions now.
Why is conda still installing Spyder version 4.0.1, with all the issues, one year after 4.0.1 is known to be problematic? Why does it not update correctly to any later version? The latest version is supposed to be 5.0.0, with even 4.2.* rolled out before that.