I installed Spyder 4.0.0 using Anaconda3 on my Debial-10 platform without any problems.
However, I did encounter problems when trying the installation on my Windows 10 Laptop. The entire install log is attached. The log is rather long so here is the end:
Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: done
Executing transaction: - DEBUG menuinst_win32:__init__(199): Menu: name: 'Anaconda${PY_VER} ${PLATFORM}', prefix: 'C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4', env_name: 'Spyder4', mode: 'user', used_mode: 'user'
DEBUG menuinst_win32:create(324): Shortcut cmd is C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\pythonw.exe, args are ['C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\cwp.py', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\pythonw.exe', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\Scripts\\spyder-script.py']
DEBUG menuinst_win32:create(324): Shortcut cmd is C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\python.exe, args are ['C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\cwp.py', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\python.exe', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\Scripts\\spyder-script.py', '--reset']
- ERROR conda.core.link:_execute_post_link_actions(720): An error occurred while installing package 'defaults::qt-5.9.7-vc14h73c81de_0'.
LinkError: post-link script failed for package defaults::qt-5.9.7-vc14h73c81de_0
running your command again with `-v` will provide additional information
location of failed script: C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\Scripts\.qt-post-link.bat
==> script messages <==
<None>
Attempting to roll back.
/ ERROR conda.core.link:_execute_post_link_actions(720): An error occurred while installing package 'defaults::ipykernel-5.1.3-py37h39e3cac_0'.
LinkError: post-link script failed for package defaults::ipykernel-5.1.3-py37h39e3cac_0
running your command again with `-v` will provide additional information
location of failed script: C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\Scripts\.ipykernel-post-link.bat
==> script messages <==
<None>
Attempting to roll back.
done
ERROR conda.core.link:_execute(637): An error occurred while installing package 'defaults::qt-5.9.7-vc14h73c81de_0'.
LinkError: post-link script failed for package defaults::qt-5.9.7-vc14h73c81de_0
running your command again with `-v` will provide additional information
location of failed script: C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\Scripts\.qt-post-link.bat
==> script messages <==
<None>
Attempting to roll back.
Rolling back transaction: | DEBUG menuinst_win32:__init__(199): Menu: name: 'Anaconda${PY_VER} ${PLATFORM}', prefix: 'C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4', env_name: 'Spyder4', mode: 'user', used_mode: 'user'
DEBUG menuinst_win32:create(324): Shortcut cmd is C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\pythonw.exe, args are ['C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\cwp.py', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\pythonw.exe', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\Scripts\\spyder-script.py']
DEBUG menuinst_win32:create(324): Shortcut cmd is C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\python.exe, args are ['C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\cwp.py', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\python.exe', 'C:\\Users\\SPM\\.conda\\envs\\Spyder4\\Scripts\\spyder-script.py', '--reset']
done
LinkError: post-link script failed for package defaults::qt-5.9.7-vc14h73c81de_0
running your command again with `-v` will provide additional information
location of failed script: C:\Users\SPM\.conda\envs\Spyder4\Scripts\.qt-post-link.bat
==> script messages <==
<None>
()
PS C:\Users\SPM\anaconda3>
I don't know what might be wrong, and a solution to this would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.