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
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.
in Ubuntu, just go to your,
cd home/<your account>
then go to .spyder2 folder
cd spyder2
should get you there
in terminal, type la
in terminal(ls
doesn't show the hidden files ) and use,
rm -f spyder.lock
to delete
If typing "spyder" doesn't work, you might want to try typing "spyder3" in case you installed the spyder3 version. Below is what worked for me in my Ubuntu system.
To install spyder via pip (my python version is 3.6.2), I used:
pip install spyder
Then, I had to install another package:
pip install PyQtWebEngine
Finally, to open the Spyder window, I typed into my terminal:
spyder3
I had this problem as well, and found this post on it in an askubuntu forum. It suggested using sudo apt-get purge spyder
to delete any faulty configuration files and then reinstall with sudo apt-get install spyder
. I found it worked, and spyder reopened with my previous files on the text editor.