(I have tried to follow the instructions from here. I cannot use Anaconda)
sudo apt-get install spyder3
installs 150MB of goodies. Then, I do:
pip install -U spyder
Then I do
spyder3
and I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 150, in lock
symlink(str(os.getpid()), self.name)
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '4809' -> '/home/me/.config/spyder-py3/spyder.lock'## Heading ##
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 177, in lock
kill(int(pid), 0)
ProcessLookupError: [Errno 3] No such process
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/app/start.py", line 118, in main
lock_created = lock.lock()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 196, in lock
rmlink(self.name)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/me/.config/spyder-py3/spyder.lock'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/qtpy/__init__.py", line 148, in <module>
from PySide import __version__ as PYSIDE_VERSION # analysis:ignore
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PySide'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/spyder3", line 11, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/app/start.py", line 138, in main
from spyder.app import mainwindow
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/app/mainwindow.py", line 49, in <module>
requirements.check_qt()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/requirements.py", line 39, in check_qt
import qtpy
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/qtpy/__init__.py", line 154, in <module>
raise PythonQtError('No Qt bindings could be found')
qtpy.PythonQtError: No Qt bindings could be found
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
from apport.report import Report
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
import apport.fileutils
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 23, in <module>
import apt
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 150, in lock
symlink(str(os.getpid()), self.name)
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '4809' -> '/home/me/.config/spyder-py3/spyder.lock'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 177, in lock
kill(int(pid), 0)
ProcessLookupError: [Errno 3] No such process
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/app/start.py", line 118, in main
lock_created = lock.lock()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 196, in lock
rmlink(self.name)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/me/.config/spyder-py3/spyder.lock'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/qtpy/__init__.py", line 148, in <module>
from PySide import __version__ as PYSIDE_VERSION # analysis:ignore
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PySide'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/spyder3", line 11, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/app/start.py", line 138, in main
from spyder.app import mainwindow
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/app/mainwindow.py", line 49, in <module>
requirements.check_qt()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/spyder/requirements.py", line 39, in check_qt
import qtpy
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/qtpy/__init__.py", line 154, in <module>
raise PythonQtError('No Qt bindings could be found')
qtpy.PythonQtError: No Qt bindings could be found
After trial and error I can suggest the following:
The result: you have Spyder3 installed and its About Spyder window contains
Tested on clean Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS amd64 install.