title: Installing Spyder in a conda environment
body: <p>I have created a <code>conda</code> environment for <code>qcodes</code> using the Anaconda prompt as follows,</p>
  <pre><code>conda create -n qcodes
  conda activate qcodes
  conda config --add channels conda-forge --env
  conda config --set channel_priority strict --env
  conda install qcodes
  </code></pre>
  <p>As Spyder isn't in the environment I tried to install using,</p>
  <pre><code>conda install spyder
  </code></pre>
  <p>Which gives me the following error,</p>
  <pre><code>Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
  Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
  Solving environment: failed with repodata from current_repodata.json, will retry with next repodata source.
  
  ResolvePackageNotFound:
    - python=3.1
  </code></pre>
  <p>I tried to update <code>conda</code> using,</p>
  <pre><code>conda update conda
  </code></pre>
  <p>and got...</p>
  <pre><code>PackageNotInstalledError: Package is not installed in prefix.
    prefix: C:\Users\nr2-roberts\.conda\envs\qcodes
    package name: conda
  </code></pre>
  <p>I get the same with <code>conda update anaconda</code></p>
  <p>Anyone know what's going on here?</p>