Open spyder in ubuntu

Question

I want to open spyder(Python IDE) in ubuntu.

Normally I would write \"spyder\" in the shell, and it would open the spyder IDE.

Now when I write spyder in the she

Answer 1

You may simply have to update spyder.

If you are NOT using anaconda:

pip install --update spyder

Or, if you are in anaconda:

conda update spyder

I had the same issue as yours, with also a message in the command line saying:

Spyder is already running. If you want to open a new 
instance, please pass to it the --new-instance option

The above update allowed me to open spyder from the command line.