Stuck on "Python is still starting up" for a while on Windows 7

[zakahmad]

I tried both 32-bit and 64-bit Win 7 installations. After launching Rodeo and waiting for more than an hour I still get the following message in the console when I try anything:

Could not execute command. Python is still starting up. This should only take another couple seconds.

I uninstalled 64-bit, installed 32-bit version and got the same message.
Under Preferences -> General, I changed the Default Python Command to "C:\Python27\python.exe" and also tried "C:\Python27" (output of os.path.dirname(sys.executable) is "C:\Python27"). None fixed the issue even after restarting Rodeo.

I'm not if there's more I can do on my end to make sure it's not my python installation that's rogue.

[olivierfriard]

This problem is also present on Debian 8.2 64 with v. 0.3.16.
Tried with /usr/bin/python and /usr/bin/python3.
No way to get out of "Could not execute command. Python is still starting up. This should only take another couple seconds."

[tinylucid]

I have the same problem on Windows 10 x64 running Python 3.5 only! :(

[PranY]

same problem with windows 7 x64

[gamegoofs2]

I'm getting the same thing. Windows 8/Python 3.5 restarted Rodeo a couple times and still the same thing.

[ghost]

Same here, win 7 x64 with python 3.5

[glamp]

@PranY @olivierfriard what version of python?

[glamp]

@zakahmad @olivierfriard @FilipMiletic @PranY @gython1 @gamegoofs2 Just to be sure this isn't the issue, can you try the following:

1. Check your versions of jupyter, matplotlib, and pandas and report them here (might be the issue)
2. re-installing/upgrading jupyter, matplotlib, and pandas and reopen Rodeo

Thanks!

[keberwein]

The above suggestion worked for me. I'm running Anaconda on OSX with a custom location set in my Rodeo prefs "/usr/local/bin/Python3"

I did a re-install of the jupyterhub, matplotlib and pandas using:
pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall <package_name>

[ottocapo]

Same problem here on Windows 7. Did anybody find a way to fix this issue?
Edit:
Still trying to install all the suggested packages, pandas itself has lots of requirements. Might need to install Visual studio as well.

[peeter-t2]

Maybe you could add a note to follow the installation instructions also onto the download page? Otherwise just clicking the .exe is too tempting and may lead to slight frustration.

Installing jupyter+matplotlib+pandas fixed it. Matplotlib needs Visual Studio too, it seems. The easiest way to install matplotlib was by downloading and installing Anaconda (see instructions).
Great work on the software btw, thanks for the effort!

[ottocapo]

Absolutely. I forgot to comment but I got it to work after installing Anaconda. My bad.
Thanks to the developers!

[coristig]

This is fixed in 1.3.0. The issue was with python paths having spaces in them.

Closing.