(Spyder dev here) The right solution is this: In Spyder you need to go

Tools > Preferences > Console > Advanced Settings > Python Executable

and then change the file that appears there to be

/usr/bin/python

However, before doing this you need to reinstall Spyder again, because you added the visual module to it and now it's broken.

Unfortunately, you cannot install vpython as easy as normal python packages. The process is a lot more involved than that. If you want to develop using PyCharm though, you still can.

First and foremost, you need to install vpython on windows. This will likely install itself as one of your main python installation's site packages.

Install it from here -> http://vpython.org/contents/download_windows.html

After doing so, simply chose the python installation that has vpython installed.

If you wish to create a virtualenv, then do so with the --system-site-packages:

 $ virtualenv --help                                                                                         [12:51:06]
Usage: virtualenv [OPTIONS] DEST_DIR

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  (...)
  --no-site-packages    DEPRECATED. Retained only for backward compatibility.
                        Not having access to global site-packages is now the
                        default behavior.
  --system-site-packages
                        Give the virtual environment access to the global
                        site-packages.
  (...)