How to instal Python packages for Spyder

Question:

I am using the IDE called Spyder for learning Python.
I would like to know in how to go about in installing Python packages for Spyder?

Asked By: Alan

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Answers:

Spyder is a package too, you can install packages using pip or conda, and spyder will access them using your python path in environment.
Spyder is not a package manager like conda,, but an IDE like jupyter notebook and VS Code.

Answered By: Fabrice Hafashimana

step 1. First open Spyder and click Tools –> Open command prompt.
First open Spyder and click Tools --> Open command prompt

You should see the Command Window below.

Here we install the Python package seaborn as an example

For more details click visit this link,
https://miamioh.instructure.com/courses/38817/pages/downloading-and-installing-packages

Answered By: Rahul Dhar

For the latest versions of Spyder use this console
at right bottom

Note: Once you hit enter it may take some time to install and you can’t see the progress until it finishes.

Else:

  1. Open anaconda command prompt

  2. Activate your environment: conda activate env-name

  3. Install the package: conda install your-package-name

Answered By: Asanka Ranasinghe

I am running Spyder 4.2.4 and for me following solution turned out to be working:

  1. open tools-> preferences -> python interpreter
  2. click ‘use the following python interpreter’
    preferences_screenshot
  3. point the location to local python installation, in my case : C:UsersMYUSERAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython37python.exe
  4. Click OK and restart the kernel.

Now the pip started to work and I was able to import any package I previously installed on the cmd/python CLI.

Answered By: WDG

I have not checked if the ways described by people here before me work or not.
I am running Spyder 5.0.5, and for me below steps worked:

  1. Step 1: Open anaconda prompt (I had my Spyder opened parallelly)
  2. Step 2: write – "pip install package-name"

Note: I got my Spyder 5.0.5 up and running after installing the whole Anaconda Navigator 2.0.3.

Answered By: Scott85044

I installed Basic Python IDLE(python 3.9)

As I used to Spyder. I installed a standalone Spyder from https://www.spyder-ide.org/

Then I faced problems for packages

I tried this one

pip install spyder spyder-terminal
Answered By: M R Birru