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Spyder 5 complains of missing dependency but shows it should be OK in the same message

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

I just upgraded to Spyder 5.0.0 (using conda). Upon startup, Spyder immediately complains with an error message:


You have missing dependencies!

# Mandatory: spyder_kernels >= 2.0.1,<2.1.0 : 2.0.1 (NOK)

Please install them to avoid this message.

Note: Spyder could work without some of these dependencies, however to have a smooth experience when using Spyder we strongly recoomend you to install all the listed missing dependencies.

Failing to install these dependencies might result in bugs. Please be sure that any found bugs are not the direct result of missing dependencies, prior to reporting a new issue.


The message itself shows that the version should be OK. I can click the OK button and go on, but the message is very annoying and the behavior is wrong.

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Reactions:1
  • Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

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xavermcommented, Apr 9, 2021

Exactly the same issue here. With exactly the same steps to reproduce the problem.

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ccordoba12commented, Apr 10, 2021

No problem, it’s fine.

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