installation doesn't have the spyder‑kernel module or the right version of it installed

 

A recent update of python, broke the spyder kernel and it failed to launch with the following error.

Your Python environment or installation doesn't have the spyder‑kernel module or the right version of it installed (>= 1.9.0 and < 1.10.0). Without this module is not possible for Spyder to create a console for you.

The workaround that worked was to make spyder use its default kernel, which can be done by going to Tools->Preferences->Python Interpreter

Click on apply and then ok. Launch spyder again and the error should not appear.