"no module name pip" showing in spyder

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• Spyder version: 4
• Python version: 3.9
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• Operating System name/version: window 7

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@ccordoba12

[ccordoba12]

Please run

conda create -n myenv -c conda-forge spyder-kernels=2.2.1 nltk

The problem is the Anaconda team takes way too much time to update our packages, so lately they are only available in Conda-forge.

[ccordoba12]

Hey @Anushka290, thanks for reporting. Pip is not included in our installers to avoid users breaking Spyder by installing other packages with it.

If you want to use to other modules that don’t come with our installer, you need to do the following:

1. Install Miniconda.

2. Create a conda environment after that with the packages you want to use and spyder-kernels. In your case you need to run these commands in a system terminal (i.e. cmd.exe):

    conda activate base
    conda create -n myenv spyder-kernels nltk
   

3. Connect Spyder to that environment by following these instructions.

Please do that and let us know if it works for you.