Spyder can not locate **jedi** and **parso** although they are properly installed

Problem Description

Spyder can not locate jedi and parso although they are properly installed.

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Install the latest anaconda2 for linux (4.8.3)
2. Create a python 3.7 environment.
3. Install spyder with conda install spyder
4. execute spyder

What is the expected output?

Expected: Normal IDE GUI

What do you see instead? An Error window “You have missing dependencies” Mandatory: jedi and parso (see attached)

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/turandot/.conda/envs/py37/lib/python3.7/code.py", line 90, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "<console>", line 2, in <module>
NameError: name 'python' is not defined
>>> 

Versions

• Spyder version: 4.1.1
• Python version: Linux ubuntu 16.04 python 2.7.16. Problem found in environment with python 3.7.6
• Qt version: 5.12.5
• PyQt version: 5.12.3
• Operating System name/version: Kubuntu 16.04.6 LTS

Dependencies

# Mandatory:
atomicwrites >=1.2.0           :  1.3.0 (OK)
chardet >=2.0.0                :  3.0.4 (OK)
cloudpickle >=0.5.0            :  1.3.0 (OK)
diff_match_patch >=20181111    :  20181111 (OK)
intervaltree                   :  None (OK)
IPython >=4.0                  :  7.13.0 (OK)
jedi =0.15.2                   :  0.16.0 (NOK)
keyring                        :  None (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0                :  5.6.1 (OK)
numpydoc >=0.6.0               :  0.9.2 (OK)
parso =0.5.2                   :  0.6.2 (NOK)
pexpect >=4.4.0                :  4.8.0 (OK)
pickleshare >=0.4              :  0.7.5 (OK)
psutil >=5.3                   :  5.7.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0                 :  2.5.2 (OK)
pylint >=0.25                  :  2.4.4 (OK)
pyls >=0.31.9;<0.32.0          :  0.31.9 (OK)
qdarkstyle >=2.8               :  2.8.1 (OK)
qtawesome >=0.5.7              :  0.7.0 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.6.0              :  4.7.2 (OK)
qtpy >=1.5.0                   :  1.9.0 (OK)
rtree >=0.8.3                  :  0.9.4 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6                 :  2.4.4 (OK)
spyder_kernels >=1.9.0;<1.10.0 :  1.9.0 (OK)
watchdog                       :  None (OK)
xdg >=0.26                     :  0.26 (OK)
zmq >=17                       :  19.0.0 (OK)

# Optional:
cython >=0.21                  :  None (OK)
matplotlib >=2.0.0             :  None (OK)
numpy >=1.7                    :  None (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1                :  None (OK)
scipy >=0.17.0                 :  None (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3                  :  None (OK)

[ccordoba12]

Hey @mahimakaushik-oss, you need to remove the following directory to fix your problem:

C:\Users\Mahima Kaushik\AppData\Roaming\Python

[ccordoba12]

I’d recommend you to remove and reinstall Anaconda. Please see the second part of our video for that.