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Steve Van Maanen
Steve Van Maanen

Reputation: 33

How to start Spyder in macOS?

I've installed python3.6 as below but unsure how to access Spyder. Most of what I have read is unclear, i.e. saying if should already have Spyder? I have completed my set-up using Learn Python the Hard Way on a Macbook Pro.

Install instruction: Gotohttps://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/anddownloadthe”macOS64-bit/32- bit installer”. Install it like you would any other software.

Terminal > Python version: Python 3.6.0 (v3.6.0:41df79263a11, Dec 22 2016, 17:23:13) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

Any help appreciated.

Steve

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7912

Answers (1)

Carlos Cordoba
Carlos Cordoba

Reputation: 34156

(Spyder maintainer here) Using Spyder is very simple, but not the way you're trying to do it.

Please remove what you've installed so far. Then simply download and install Anaconda. After that, look for an application called Anaconda Navigator with Spotlight and finally start Spyder from it.

Note: The way you're trying to install Spyder (by using pip on a Python version you downloaded from Python.org) is only recommended to very knowledgeable people because it's really hard to get all Spyder dependencies installed correctly and without problems. That's why we recommend to use Anaconda instead, which is way easier and safer.

Upvotes: 5

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