spyder internal error after initial install

Question

I used to use spyder, installed via the ArcPro Python package manager, on a former computer. Now on a new computer, after the initial clone>install spyder>launch spyder process, I cannot for the life of me quit getting an internal error message from spyder.

I'm using ArcPro 2.9.

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imansbburg · Answer

I had done a couple iterations of uninstall, reinstall, with varying methods of using the package manager vs conda in the command prompt. Wasn't really sure what I did different but finally on a reinstall it seemed I actually got the correct version of spyder installed and it finally worked. thank you!

danretired · Answer

uninstall spyder via the package manager

you have to install spyder via conda in your cloned environment, so make it active first

>>> activate .....

>>> conda install spyder=5.1.5

dont upgrade to a higher version using pip because there are a number of other issues too many to go into here