Spyder Kernels "module not found" on Ubuntu VM

I am trying to connect a spyder kernel with my remote Ubuntu machine and was following this guide. Installing spyder kernels using sudo pip install spyder-kernels worked fine.

However, when trying to run:

python -m spyder_kernels.console — matplotlib=’inline’— ip=my.vm.ip.address. -f=./remotemachine.json

I receive the following error on my VM:

Error while finding module specification for 'spyder_kernels.console' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'spyder_kernels')

My remote VM uses Python 3.7.7 and is hosted by Google's cloud platform.

Any help much appreciated.