Spyder: Spyder 4.1.2 won't load from Anaconda
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- [x] Searched the issues page for similar reports
- [x] Read the relevant sections of the Spyder Troubleshooting Guide and followed its advice
- [x] Reproduced the issue after updating with
conda update spyder(orpip, if not using Anaconda) - [ ] Could not reproduce inside
jupyter qtconsole(if console-related) - [x] Tried basic troubleshooting (if a bug/error)
- [x] Restarted Spyder
- [x] Reset preferences with
spyder --reset - [x] Reinstalled the latest version of Anaconda
- [x] Tried the other applicable steps from the Troubleshooting Guide
- [x] Completed the Problem Description, Steps to Reproduce and Version sections below
Problem Description
I am unable to launch Spyder from conda. I've recently upgraded to 4.1.2 and not sure how to fix this. I am newer on python and Anaconda and would appreciate someone's help.
I have already tried some of the solutions seen online, such as:
- conda update jupyter_client
- conda update jupyter_core
When i run one of the options above it runs and doesn't seem to end.
I've have also tried running - conda install anaconda that completed sucessfully but hasn't fixed the issue.
Pulling the little hairs out I have left. Please help expert community :)
What steps reproduce the problem?
- From anaconda prompt: conda spyder
3.
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
For Spyder to open
Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)
(base) C:\WINDOWS\system32>spyder
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts\spyder-script.py", line 10, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\app\start.py", line 205, in main
mainwindow.main()
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py", line 3734, in main
mainwindow = run_spyder(app, options, args)
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py", line 3590, in run_spyder
main.setup()
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py", line 939, in setup
from spyder.plugins.ipythonconsole.plugin import IPythonConsole
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole\plugin.py", line 24, in <module>
from jupyter_client.connect import find_connection_file
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from .connect import *
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\connect.py", line 35, in <module>
from jupyter_core.paths import jupyter_data_dir, jupyter_runtime_dir, secure_write
ImportError: cannot import name 'secure_write'
Versions
- Spyder version: 4.1.2
- Python version: 3.6.3
- Qt version: 5.6.2
- PyQt version: 5.6.0
- Operating System name/version: 64-bit OS, x64-based processor/Windows 10 Enterprise, version 1809
Dependencies
atomicwrites >=1.2.0
chardet >=2.0.0
cloudpickle >=0.5.0
diff-match-patch >=20181111
intervaltree
jedi 0.15.2.*
keyring
nbconvert >=4.0
numpydoc >=0.6.0
paramiko >=2.4.0
parso 0.5.2.*
pexpect >=4.4.0
pickleshare >=0.4
psutil >=5.3
pygments >=2.0
pylint >=0.25
pyqt >=5.6,<5.13
python >=3.7,<3.8.0a0
python-language-server >=0.31.9,<0.32.0
pyzmq >=17
qdarkstyle >=2.8
qtawesome >=0.5.7
qtconsole >=4.6.0
qtpy >=1.5.0
rtree >=0.8.3
sphinx >=0.6.6
spyder-kernels >=1.9.0,<1.10.0
watchdog
jjslee79
All 4 comments
After a lot of trial and error, i finally uninstalled my version of anaconda3 (wich was pushed to me by my work) and tried simply reinstalling Anaconda3-2020.02-Windows-x86_64 (latest version). This packaged installed Spyder 4.0.1 which works! It's not 4.1.2, which I painfully was trying to get. I'm happy with my current root environment, i will try copying this environment tomorrow and see if i can upgrade Spyder successfully and will provide an update.
jjslee79
on 30 Apr 2020
Glad to see you found a workaround. Let us know how it went. Cheers!
goanpeca
on 30 Apr 2020
Unfortunately, no luck. Got the following error report which i sent to the core maintainers. I recommend to stay with 4.0.1 until issues are fixed.
(main_env) C:\Users----->conda install spyder=4.1.2
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
Solving environment: failed with repodata from current_repodata.json, will retry with next repodata source.
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
Solving environment: |
Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages.
This can take several minutes. Press CTRL-C to abort.
Examining defaults/win-64::sphinxcontrib==1.0=py37_1: 21%|████▉ | 63/297 [00:01<00:06, 38.71it/s]\Examining defaults/win-64::boto==2.49.0=py37_0: 29%|████████▍ | 86/297 [00:02<00:15, 13.70it/s]|Examining defaults/noarch::sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.1=py_0: 31%|████ | 92/297 [00:02<00:11, 17.71it/s]/Examining defaults/noarch::diff-match-patch==20181111=py_0: 51%|████████ | 150/297 [00:04<00:03, 42.11it/s]\Examining defaults/noarch::networkx==2.4=py_0: 66%|███████████████████▏ | 196/297 [00:05<00:02, 41.44it/s]\Examining defaults/noarch::more-itertools==8.2.0=py_0: 69%|██████████████▌ | 206/297 [00:05<00:02, 37.43it/s]|Examining defaults/noarch::autopep8==1.4.4=py_0: 72%|███████████████████▍ | 214/297 [00:05<00:01, 47.46it/s]/Examining defaults/win-64::xlrd==1.2.0=py37_0: 74%|█████████████████████▍ | 220/297 [00:05<00:01, 46.50it/s]-Examining defaults/win-64::get_terminal_size==1.0.0=h38e98db_0: 83%|█████████▉ | 246/297 [00:06<00:01, 25.94it/s]-Examining defaults/win-64::conda-package-handling==1.6.0=py37h62dcd97_0: 92%|██▋| 272/297 [00:07<00:00, 40.13it/s]/Examining defaults/win-64::mkl==2020.0=166: 94%|██████████████████████████████▏ | 280/297 [00:07<00:00, 46.88it/s]-Examining defaults/win-64::bkcharts==0.2=py37_0: 97%|██████████████████████████▎| 289/297 [00:07<00:00, 41.45it/s]\Examining defaults/win-64::pathlib2==2.3.5=py37_0: 99%|████████████████████████▋| 293/297 [00:07<00:00, 24.38it/s]|failed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR REPORT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\install.py", line 265, in install
should_retry_solve=(_should_retry_unfrozen or repodata_fn != repodata_fns[-1]),
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 117, in solve_for_transaction
should_retry_solve)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 158, in solve_for_diff
force_remove, should_retry_solve)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 281, in solve_final_state
ssc = self._run_sat(ssc)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 88, in decorated
return f(*args, **kwds)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 808, in _run_sat
should_retry_solve=ssc.should_retry_solve
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 88, in decorated
return f(*args, **kwds)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 1316, in solve
raise UnsatisfiableError({})
conda.exceptions.UnsatisfiableError:
Did not find conflicting dependencies. If you would like to know which
packages conflict ensure that you have enabled unsatisfiable hints.
conda config --set unsatisfiable_hints True
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\exceptions.py", line 1079, in __call__
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main.py", line 84, in _main
exit_code = do_call(args, p)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\conda_argparse.py", line 82, in do_call
return getattr(module, func_name)(args, parser)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main_install.py", line 20, in execute
install(args, parser, 'install')
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\install.py", line 299, in install
should_retry_solve=(repodata_fn != repodata_fns[-1]),
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 117, in solve_for_transaction
should_retry_solve)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 158, in solve_for_diff
force_remove, should_retry_solve)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 281, in solve_final_state
ssc = self._run_sat(ssc)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 88, in decorated
return f(*args, **kwds)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 808, in _run_sat
should_retry_solve=ssc.should_retry_solve
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 88, in decorated
return f(*args, **kwds)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 1318, in solve
self.find_conflicts(specs, specs_to_add, history_specs)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 347, in find_conflicts
bad_deps = self.build_conflict_map(specs, specs_to_add, history_specs)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 507, in build_conflict_map
root, search_node, dep_graph, num_occurances)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 369, in breadth_first_search_for_dep_graph
last_spec = MatchSpec.union((path[-1], target_paths[-1][-1]))[0]
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\models\match_spec.py", line 481, in union
return cls.merge(match_specs, union=True)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\models\match_spec.py", line 475, in merge
reduce(lambda x, y: x._merge(y, union), group) if len(group) > 1 else group[0]
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\models\match_spec.py", line 475, in <lambda>
reduce(lambda x, y: x._merge(y, union), group) if len(group) > 1 else group[0]
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\models\match_spec.py", line 502, in _merge
final = this_component.union(that_component)
File "C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\models\match_spec.py", line 764, in union
return '|'.join(options)
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, MultiChannel found
$ C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\Scripts\conda-script.py install spyder=4.1.2
environment variables:
CIO_TEST=
CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=main_env
CONDA_EXE=C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\condabin..\Scripts\conda.exe
CONDA_EXES="C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\condabin..\Scripts\conda.exe"
CONDA_PREFIX=C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\envs\main_env
CONDA_PREFIX_1=C:\Users-----\Anaconda3
CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(main_env)
CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\python.exe
CONDA_ROOT=C:\Users-----\Anaconda3
CONDA_SHLVL=2
HOMEPATH=\Users-----
PATH=C:\Users-----\Anaconda3;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\Library\mingw-w64\bi
n;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\Library\usr\bin;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\Li
brary\bin;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\Scripts;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\bi
n;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\envs\main_env;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\envs
\main_env\Library\mingw-w64\bin;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\envs\main_env
\Library\usr\bin;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\envs\main_env\Library\bin;C:
\Users-----\Anaconda3\envs\main_env\Scripts;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\
envs\main_env\bin;C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\condabin;C:\ProgramData\Ora
cle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\W
bem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShellv1.0;Z:\;C:\Program
Files\MATLAB\R2018b\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\DTS\Binn;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\jav
apath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDO
WS\System32\WindowsPowerShellv1.0;Z:\;C:\Program
Files\MATLAB\R2018b\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\DTS\Binn;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\jav
apath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDO
WS\System32\WindowsPowerShellv1.0;Z:\;C:\Program
Files\MATLAB\R2018b\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\DTS\Binn;C:\Users-----\AppData\Local\M
icrosoft\WindowsApps;.;C:\Python34\Scripts;C:\Program
Files\Python36\Scripts
PSMODULEPATH=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\Windows
PowerShellv1.0\Modules
PYTHONPATH=C:\Users-----\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\main_env\Lib\site-
packages\plotly
REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=
SSL_CERT_FILE=
active environment : main_env
active env location : C:\Users\-----\Anaconda3\envs\main_env
shell level : 2
user config file : C:\Users\-----\.condarc
populated config files : C:\Users-----.condarc
conda version : 4.8.2
conda-build version : 3.18.11
python version : 3.7.6.final.0
virtual packages :
base environment : C:\Users-----\Anaconda3 (writable)
channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64
https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch
package cache : C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\pkgs
C:\Users-----.conda\pkgs
C:\Users-----\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
envs directories : C:\Users-----\Anaconda3\envs
C:\Users-----.conda\envs
C:\Users-----\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
platform : win-64
user-agent : conda/4.8.2 requests/2.22.0 CPython/3.7.6 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.17763
administrator : False
netrc file : None
offline mode : False
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on 2 May 2020
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After a lot of trial and error, i finally uninstalled my version of anaconda3 (wich was pushed to me by my work) and tried simply reinstalling Anaconda3-2020.02-Windows-x86_64 (latest version). This packaged installed Spyder 4.0.1 which works! It's not 4.1.2, which I painfully was trying to get. I'm happy with my current root environment, i will try copying this environment tomorrow and see if i can upgrade Spyder successfully and will provide an update.