thanks for the fast response. your problems with the software dependencies sounds... quite difficult and complex. Unfortunately I don't have time to help with debugging/fixing the spyder package in debian-testing.
I decided to reinstall debian with the "stable" version (aka "jessie"). I installed spyder and it worked right away! debian-stable has very recent/up-to-date software packages (compared to centos 6/7) and so I am happy with debian-stable and the version of spyder/ipython/matplotlib/numpy/python. thanks and have a great day. Sincerely, Trevor p.s. there is a spyder package that is proprietary and always seems to "just work" by Continuum at: https://www.continuum.io/downloads On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 7:51 AM, PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel < frederic-emmanuel.pi...@synchrotron-soleil.fr> wrote: > > Hello, I know that the current state of the spyder stack is quite unstable > :(( > > Can you test this with the version available into unstable 2.3.8. And > gives me your feedback. > > The problem is that spyder > 2.3.5 changed by default the PyQt API#1 -> #2 > and it broke a bunch of dependencies. > This is why I blocked the upgrade into testing. > > - Another problem is that spyder will require ipython >3 which is not > available in Debian for now. > > - another problem is the removal of qtwebkit in the qt4 stack. > > This require a migration to the 3.X series or the switch to PyQt5 of > spyder. > > I can not garanti when this will be available into Debian testing AND > unstable for now. > > > The IDE is stuck in an infinite loop. > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > When Spyder IDE is working, you open the IDE and the ipython console > displays the ipython console... and allows you to run commands (it doesn't > have a dialog box). > > So can you test the latest version and if it does not solve your problem, > you should considere reverting to the stable version of Debian. > > Cheers > > Frederic > > PS: Staying with Debian stable is always better in production except if > you are preparing the next stable :)
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