Spyder IDE is not working

[Sulton]

spyder start                                                     ✔ 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 573, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 891, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 782, in resolve
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (mccabe 0.7.0 (/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages), Requirement.parse('mccabe<0.7.0,>=0.6.0'), {'flake8'})

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/spyder", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('spyder==5.2.0', 'gui_scripts', 'spyder')())
  File "/usr/bin/spyder", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
    return next(matches).load()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 162, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spyder/app/start.py", line 47, in <module>
    from spyder.utils.external import lockfile
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 31, in <module>
    from spyder.utils.programs import is_spyder_process
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spyder/utils/programs.py", line 28, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3266, in <module>
    def _initialize_master_working_set():
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3240, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3278, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 575, in _build_master
    return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 588, in _build_from_requirements
    dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 782, in resolve
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (mccabe 0.7.0 (/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages), Requirement.parse('mccabe<0.7.0,>=0.6.0'), {'flake8'})

[bill_t]

Check the comments in this bug report:

FS#73953 : [flake8] spyder crashes at startup

There is a mention to a workaround that you can try.

[Sulton]

Thank you a lot!!