Spyder 2 in Ubuntu 18.04

Question

How can I install spyder 2 in Ubuntu 18.04?

When I type this in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install spyder

it installs spyder 3.

Xantium · Answer 1 · 2018-06-10T20:57:26.217

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Assuming you want spyder2 for Python 2.7:

You need to install spyder for the Python version you want:

python -m pip install spyder

Then you just need to run it for that version. So:

python -m spyder

edited Jun 10 '18 at 20:57

answered Jun 10 '18 at 20:23

Xantium

yakobyd · Answer 2 · 2018-06-10T20:59:13.410

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You can use pip to install it like follows

sudo pip install -Iv spyder==2.3.9

edited Jun 10 '18 at 20:59

answered Jun 10 '18 at 20:29

yakobyd

Yes except in your link spyder is 3.2.8 – Xantium Jun 10 '18 at 20:42
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You can use the realese history page to get to https://pypi.org/project/spyder/2.3.9/ – yakobyd Jun 10 '18 at 20:56

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