[FIXED] How to update Spyder?

Issue

Everytime I start Spyder (with Anaconda) I get a message saying that my version is outdated and I should update it, so I followed the instructions Spyder's own website gave me, which is running the following commands:

conda update qt pyqt
conda update spyder

But Spyder tells me that syntax is invalid. What should I do?

Solution

(Spyder maintainer here) Those commands are not meant to be run inside Spyder consoles, but in a system terminal (cmd.exe on Windows, xterm on Linux or Terminal.app on macOS). And please don't forget to close Spyder before doing that.

I updated the text in our Releases page to make that crystal clear.

Answered By - Carlos Cordoba