# Getting ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg\_resources.\_vendor.packaging.\_elffile' when trying to start spyder

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/getting-modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-pkg-resources-vendor-packaging-elffile-when-trying-to-start-spyder/65835>\
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**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/getting-modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-pkg-resources-vendor-packaging-elffile-when-trying-to-start-spyder/65835 "2023-12-11T18:15:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![bnicholl66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/80bc00/32.png) [@bnicholl66](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/bnicholl66)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/getting-modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-pkg-resources-vendor-packaging-elffile-when-trying-to-start-spyder/65835/1 "2023-12-11T18:15:08Z")

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The full error is below:

> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/bin/spyder”, line 7, in  
> from spyder.app.start import main  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/spyder/app/start.py”, line 55, in  
> from spyder.utils.external import lockfile  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py”, line 31, in  
> from spyder.utils.programs import is\_spyder\_process  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/spyder/utils/programs.py”, line 28, in  
> import pkg\_resources  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 89, in  
> **import** (‘pkg\_resources.extern.packaging.specifiers’)  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/\_vendor/packaging/specifiers.py”, line 26, in  
> from .utils import canonicalize\_version  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/\_vendor/packaging/utils.py”, line 8, in  
> from .tags import Tag, parse\_tag  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/\_vendor/packaging/tags.py”, line 24, in  
> from . import \_manylinux, \_musllinux  
> File “/Users/bennicholl/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/\_vendor/packaging/\_manylinux.py”, line 10, in  
> from .\_elffile import EIClass, EIData, ELFFile, EMachine  
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pkg\_resources.\_vendor.packaging.\_elffile’

I’ve already uninstalled and reinstalled anaconda with no luck.