How to start Spyder IDE on Windows

Question

I downloaded spyder using the

pip install spyder

in my windows 10 32-bit operating system, but i dont see any desktop icons or exe files to start r

Answer 1

Install Ananconda packages and within that launch spyder 3 for first time. Then by second time you just click on spyder under anaconda in all programs.

Answer 2

The name of the spyder executable was changed to spyder3.exe in python version 3. I install pyqt5 and spyder via pip and was able to launch spyder3. I first tried without installing pyqt5 and nothing happened. Once I installed pyqt5, then spyder 3 opened.

Try the following from a windows cmd.exe prompt:

    C:\Users\..>pip install pyqt5
    C:\Users\..>pip install spyder
    C:\Users\..>spyder3

Answer 3

I had the same problem after setting up my environment on Windows 10. I have Python 3.6.2 x64 installed as my default Python distribution and is in my PATH so I can launch from cmd prompt.

I installed PyQt5 (pip install pyqt5) and Spyder (pip install spyder) which both installed w/out error and included all of the necessary dependencies.

To launch Spyder, I created a simple Python script (Spyder.py):

# Spyder Start Script
from spyder.app import start
start.main()

Then I created a Windows batch file (Spyder.bat):

@echo off
python c:\<path_to_Spyder_py>\Spyder.py

Lastly, I created a shortcut on my desktop which launches Spyder.bat and updated the icon to one I downloaded from the Spyder github project.

Works like a charm for me.

Answer 4

method 1:

spyder3

method 2:

python -c "from spyder.app import start; start.main()"

method 3:

python -m spyder.app.start

Answer 5

If you are using Anaconda execute the following commands and your life will be saved!

conda update qt pyqt
conda update spyder

Answer 6

Open a command prompt. Enter the command spyder. Does anything appear? If an exception is preventing it from opening, you would be able to see the reason here. If the command is not found, update your environment variables to point to the Python3.6/Scripts folder, and run spyder again (in a new cmd prompt).