Spyder anaconda crashes on Linux with segmentation fault

Question

I just installed Anaconda on Linux. When trying to open spyder (either from navigator or terminal), it does not work. I get the following error when I try to open it in term

Answer 1

The solutions around here did not work for me. I have uninstalled Anaconda https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/ and reinstalled it https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/linux/

Only then did the segmentation fault disappear.

Note that this has worked with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (a old release at the time of this writing) and Anaconda3 5.3.0 with Spyder 3.3.1 (the very latest); versions checked with conda list . The Spyder version supported by Ubuntu 14 is still 2.5.5, so this arrangement lets me have on board a new Spyder without upgrading the distro. Not to mention that reportedly the developers prefer to maintain Spyder in the Anaconda environment rather than elsewhere.