How to update Spyder?

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Everytime I start Spyder (with Anaconda) I get a message saying that my version is outdated and I should update it, so I followed the instructions Spyder's own website gave me, which is running the following commands:

conda update qt pyqt
conda update spyder

But Spyder tells me that syntax is invalid. What should I do?

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score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 12 '18 at 16:14

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From Anaconda home locate the gear in Spyder's frame and press "Update application".

answered Oct 12 '18 at 16:14

George Kis

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My “update application” is grayed out, even though I’m on Spyder 3.3.6, and Spyder 4.0.0 is available. How do I update to the new version? – Joe Jan 06 '20 at 20:54

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '18 at 05:38

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(Spyder maintainer here) Those commands are not meant to be run inside Spyder consoles, but in a system terminal (cmd.exe on Windows, xterm on Linux or Terminal.app on macOS). And please don't forget to close Spyder before doing that.

I updated the text in our Releases page to make that crystal clear.

answered Feb 01 '18 at 05:38

Carlos Cordoba

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Thank you! But when I try and do that, that's what happens: C:\Users\Usuario>conda update qt pyqt conda update spyder PackageNotInstalledError: Package is not installed in prefix. prefix: D:\Arquivos de Programas\Anaconda2 package name: update C:\Users\Usuario> – Nelson Marques Feb 01 '18 at 11:28
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Those are two different commands, that's why they are shown in two lines instead of one. So you need to write first `conda update qt pyqt`, press enter, wait until that command finishes and then write `conda update spyder` and press enter. – Carlos Cordoba Feb 01 '18 at 12:32
@CarlosCordoba I know you're the system maintainer so let me ask a similar question. I'm running in virtual environments for python 3.6 and 2.7.13. I recently update Spyder by running 'conda upgrade spyder'. it seemed to work. Will I run into problem not using the 'conda update qt pyqt' command? – Natsfan Feb 01 '18 at 18:08
@jmh, no, don't worry about it. Updating qt and pyqt is just a safety measure to be sure that you're using the latest graphical libraries needed by Spyder. – Carlos Cordoba Feb 01 '18 at 19:35

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '18 at 20:49

You need to run those commands on a console with administrative rights, in windows, or with a sudo before them on linux.

I tend to run these three lines in order every time I need to update:

conda update conda -y
conda update --all -y
conda update qt pyqt spyder -y

In Windows I put those three lines in the end of a .bat file (just create a new .txt and then change it's format), right after the code to make sure it has administrative rights.

Updating qt, pyqt and spyder last means sometimes one of those three will rollback an update made to one or more of their dependencies, but in doing so it ensures that in the end spyder will run.

How to update Spyder?

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