vscode-python: command 'python.setInterpreter' not found

@bharel Try the following. If that does not help create a new bug.

Do the following to remove stale versions of the extension:

1. Uninstall Python extension (if you have pylance uninstall it first).
2. Close all instances of VS Code.
3. Go to, %USERPROFILE%/.vscode/extensions (on windows) or ~/.vscode/extensions on Linux/Mac.
4. Delete any folder with the name starting with ms-python.python*
5. Start VS Code, and install Python extension (also pylance if you uninstalled it in step 1).

It’s likely that the Python extension has not been activated. Please open a python file to activate the extension, the commands should be available after that.

Same issue here. I’m running code-server, its a totally clean install onto a clean install of Ubuntu Server 20.04 so I can 100% rule out any issues with multiple versions of the extension. Python is, quite literally, the first and only extension I have ever installed. I installed it from the built in extension page and all prerequisites are installed.

Here’s the info from Help > About

code-server: v3.8.1 VS Code: v1.51.1 Commit: 41ad0c0c4c14df78e1bfa3a44d8b633ed2fc26e5 Date: 2021-02-05T22:26:25Z Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:85.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/85.0

Edit - Fixed but I had to roll the python extension all the way back to v2020.10.332292344

Yep. I installed v2020.10.332292344 (from 1 month ago) and everything is back to normal. Seeing as the issue started happening yesterday, it’s most likely something to do with the new release that came out on 14th Dec, but then someone else posted this on 7 Nov also so maybe that one already has the issue.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64723778/vscode-using-the-ms-python-extension-cannot-execute-code

When I had the same problem, my problem was because of the jupyter that the python extension needs, I just updated it and it worked.

Same problem here with code-server v3.9.0. I have deleted all ms-toolsai.jupyter.* and ms-python.python.* from the extension folder.

I have re-installed ms-toolsai.jupyter from the marketplace, current version v2021.2.0. I have re-installed 'ms-python.python` from the marketplace, current version v2021.2.582707922.

I have opened a python file, and run “Python: Select Interpreter”. I got this error: Command 'Python: Select Interpreter' resulted in an error (command 'python.setInterpreter' not found)

I have no Python value in the drop-down in the Output panel to display any logs.

About my local python versions (I don’t know if it helps), i ran this in the vscode terminal tab:

[  9:35AM ] $ python3 --version
Python 3.7.3
[  9:35AM ] $ python --version 
Python 2.7.16

Solution: I have to reverted back ms-python,python to version 2020.10.332292344

@karthiknadig I’ve installed VS code 4 days ago, on a fresh system. I’m not sure I have a “stale version”. I did install an older extension version though and it solved the problem. @linminhtoo did that as well and it worked for him.

@linminhtoo Are you by chance installing using VSIX manually? if so, can you verify you also have ms-toolsai.jupyter (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-toolsai.jupyter) extension installed. it is needed for the python extension to work.

@linminhtoo Can you check the following folder %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions and see if there are multiple ms-python.python* versions? If so remove all of them.

Also can you check your settings, are you using "python.experiments.optInto": [ "All"] setting?

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