I have created a conda environment for qcodes using the Anaconda prompt as follows,
conda create -n qcodes
conda activate qcodes
conda config --add channels conda-forge --env
conda config --set channel_priority strict --env
conda install qcodes
As Spyder isn't in the environment I tried to install using,
conda install spyder
Which gives me the following error,
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
Solving environment: failed with repodata from current_repodata.json, will retry with next repodata source.
ResolvePackageNotFound:
- python=3.1
I tried to update conda using,
conda update conda
and got...
PackageNotInstalledError: Package is not installed in prefix.
prefix: C:\Users\nr2-roberts\.conda\envs\qcodes
package name: conda
I get the same with conda update anaconda
Anyone know what's going on here?
Seems like you have python 3.10 in your qcodes env. There is not (for the moment) Spyder packages on conda (neither on the default channel or the conda-forge channel) compatible with Python 3.10. I would suggest you to recreate your env but when doing conda install qcodes do conda install qcodes python=3.9
Edit: Spyder is now available for Python 3.10. However, the default anaconda channel is not up to date with the latest Spyder release/version. Just in case, if you want to use the latest Spyder version you will need to use the conda-forge channel. Also, some links to check the different versions of Spyder available throught the default anaconda and conda-forge channels: