Mac OS X Spyder console uses older version of Python

Question

I have python 2.7.11 installed on El Capitan, and works fine, as shown below:

But in Spyder, the console connects to an older version of python, 2.7.10, and does not load any modules I installed through the new "pip", as shown below:

How can I connect Spyder to the newer version of Python and then delete the older version of Python from my computer?

Thank you!

How do you run python and how do you run spyder? I mean what are the commands you type in? — masnun, Jan 03 '16 at 11:57
Um, for command line, just "python", and for spyder, I installed from ".dmg" file for python 2.7, and clicked on the icon. — TPWang, Jan 03 '16 at 21:37
I think the dmg file ships a python interpreter of it's own. Can you please check? — masnun, Jan 03 '16 at 21:38
I did find a python2.7 directory in the Content pack, I tried to replace it with an alias to my system python2.7 directory, but spyder terminated — TPWang, Jan 03 '16 at 22:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Install Spyder normally. Then change the Python Interpreter being used as described in this answer: How to change the path of Python in Spyder?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Jan 03 '16 at 22:39

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But the console couldn't be loaded, says: Either: Your IPython frontend and kernel versions are incompatible or You don't have IPython installed in your external interpreter. – TPWang Jan 03 '16 at 23:23
You can install IPython in the Python version you used. That should work. – masnun Jan 04 '16 at 07:38
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@AbuAshrafMasnun is right, you need to install `qtconsole` in your external interpreter to have IPython consoles working on it. – Carlos Cordoba Jan 06 '16 at 21:55

Mac OS X Spyder console uses older version of Python

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