# How do update to newer version of Spyder than 5.1.5? **URL:** \ **Category:** Anaconda & Miniconda\ **Created:** [September 22, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888 "2022-09-22T15:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Lees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2df01/32.png) [@David\_Lees](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/David_Lees)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/1 "2022-09-22T15:55:17Z")
I am running the 2022.05 Windows distribution. The debugger in Spyder does not work for me and this seems to be reported for a long time (since March or April?). I just tried updating from the distribution Spyder 5.1.5 to anything newer. I see on the Anaconda site that version 5.3.3 is available, but when I tried: “conda install -c anaconda spyder” it reinstalled the current version 5.1.5. I tried explicitly installing the latest version by commanding “conda install spyder=5.3.3” it kept spinning and saying it could not solve and never installed anything. This is an old problem so I know people have solved. Is there a simple way to do the Spyder update? David ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/00a5b5/32.png) [@Steve\_J](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Steve_J)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/2 "2022-09-22T17:16:22Z")
I’ve got the same issue. Seems a little crazy. Spyder 5.1.5 is essentially unusable but Anaconda fails to upgrade to 5.3.3 so the entire Anaconda distro is essentially broken out of the box. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Lees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2df01/32.png) [@David\_Lees](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/David_Lees)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/3 "2022-09-22T17:46:19Z")
I agree, it is crazy for a major product to have a broken debugger for 4 or 5 months, but I was looking for an easy fix. I do see various discussions, but thought I would get a more direct answer on the company board. My system is a Windows 10 and I am hoping there are some other parameters I can put in the conda command line to do the install. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/00a5b5/32.png) [@Steve\_J](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Steve_J)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/4 "2022-09-22T19:44:02Z")
I’ve got it working now. Try this: Uninstall Spyder Update Anaconda Fresh install of Spyder (From Anaconda) ---
**Author:** ![David\_Lees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2df01/32.png) [@David\_Lees](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/David_Lees)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/5 "2022-09-22T20:37:24Z")
Steve, When you say “update” I am unclear what you did. Do you mean go download and run the windows installer (Anaconda3-2022.05-Windows-x86\_64.exe)? I just downloaded it and it has exactly the same number of bytes in the file (as the download from May 11). David Lees From Pixel 6 Pro ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/00a5b5/32.png) [@Steve\_J](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Steve_J)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/6 "2022-09-22T20:49:26Z")
Open the cmd prompt though Anaconda Navigator. Type: conda update anaconda ---
**Author:** ![David\_Lees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2df01/32.png) [@David\_Lees](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/David_Lees)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/7 "2022-09-22T21:56:59Z")
Thanks Steve, I am trying it now. So I am issuing the following 3 commands: conda uninstall spyder conda update anaconda conda install spyder David Lees ---
**Author:** ![David\_Lees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2df01/32.png) [@David\_Lees](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/David_Lees)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-do-update-to-newer-version-of-spyder-than-5-1-5/38888/8 "2022-09-23T00:26:31Z")
Steve, I appreciate your help. The good news is that I now have a working Spyder 5.3.3 The bad news is that the “conda update anaconda” does not run and gives an error: PackageNotInstalledError: Package is not installed in prefix And when I went to run something, matplotlib was not installed. But, I installed it and a test code using numpy and matplotlib works. So hopefully all is well.