Cannot update Spyder

Description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Running Windows 7, service pack 1 on system with 64-bit Intel i7-6600U CPU, 8GB of memory.

I was running Spyder 4.0.1 and attempted to update to 4.1.2 by issuing cmd: conda install spyder=4.1.2 On the next reboot, Anaconda and Sypder would not start. I tried several fixes: conda update --all, conda update sypder, conda install sypder=4.0.1. All failed. Then I uninstalled Anaconda and reinstalled Anaconda3. Now I cannot install any updates to Spyder above 3.3.6. Looking for options to get back to Spyder 4.

Versions

• Spyder version: 3.3.6
• Python version: 3.7.4
• Qt version: 5.9.6
• PyQt5 version: 5.9.2
• Operating System: Windows 7

Dependencies

pyflakes >=0.6.0  :  2.1.1 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3 :  2.5.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0    :  2.4.2 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6    :  2.2.0 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4      :  0.14.0 (OK)
jedi >=0.9.0      :  0.15.1 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0   :  5.6.0 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1   :  0.25.1 (OK)
numpy >=1.7       :  1.16.5 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3     :  1.4 (OK)
cython >=0.21     :  0.29.13 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0 :  4.5.5 (OK)
IPython >=4.0     :  7.8.0 (OK)
matplotlib >=2.0.0:  3.1.1 (OK)
pylint >=0.25     :  2.4.2 (OK)

[canoetraveler]

I tried installing the packages as: conda install jedi=0.15.2. It would discover conflicts and try to recover for, like 30 minutes, then fail.

Anyway. I kind’a punted. I uninstalled both Anaconda and Python 3.7. (I had a long Zoom meeting to attend.) Then reinstalled the latest Windows-64 Anaconda3 from https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual. Now I’m back to where I was two days ago. I’m at Spyder 4.0.1 and I have working libraries/packages. I think I’ll stay here on this PC for a while. Thank you very much for your assistance.

[ccordoba12]

No problem and glad to know you found a workaround.