python - How can I point my Spyder IDE to the path where all packages are installed?

Question

I had a massive crash today and lost a lot of work. I couldn't start Spyder after many attempts; even tried 'spyder --reset'. Nothing worked. I decided to download a new version of Anaconda and start over. Now, I'm trying to figure out why I can't run packages.

If I run this: import pyodbc

I get this: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyodbc'

So, I go to the command prompt to pip install pyodbc...and apparently it's already installed...

When I navigate to that path, I can see the package

...but Spyder is still telling me it's not installed. What's an easy fix for this?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65854357/how-can-i-point-my-spyder-ide-to-the-path-where-all-packages-are-installed

Answer 1

i had similar crash problems on Windows 10, what I learned is that I had several non-conda versions of python on my PC, and I used 'pip install' in my environments so it messed up with conda packages and it stop working.

What I did is that I uninstalled anaconda and non-conda python, cleaned up registry from python mentions, installed fresh new miniconda, and 'conda install spyder' in the new env, conda have created new folder

C:Users~~~.spyder-py3

Inside of it I found "spyder.ini" file, where incorrect variable was set:

"spyder_pythonpath = "

I changed it from

['C:Users~~~anaconda3pkgs', 'C:Users~~~anaconda3envs']

to

['C:Users~~~miniconda3pkgs', 'C:Users~~~miniconda3envs']