Can not find Python Interpreter

[ZengShifeng]

Solution

If you use PlatformIO IDE, please ensure that platformio-ide.useBuiltinPython option is enabled (set to true).

Windows and macOS

PlatformIO IDE comes with built-in portable Python 3 for Windows and macOS. YOU DO NOT NEED to install Python interpreter manually. If you use PlatformIO IDE and experience this issue, please navigate to %HOME%/.platformio/python3 folder and check that python.exe (Windows) or bin/python works on your machine. In case if they don't work, please install manually the latest Python 3 using this guide. Restart PlatformIO IDE (VScode).

Linux

Please install the following package and restart IDE:

sudo apt-get install python3-venv

If you use a custom Python version, then

sudo apt-get install python3.xx-venv

where python3.xx equals the version of your Python interpreter (check it via python3 --version). For example, python3.10-venv for Python 3.10.

Now, please check your Python installation:

python3 -c "import venv; import ensurepip; print('Congrats! Python `venv` is already installed!')"

I still experience this issue

If you still experience this issue, please leave a comment below and describe your configuration (operating system, its version, etc.). We would be glad to help you.

Regards, Your friends at PlatformIO.

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%23 Configuration

VSCode: 1.61.2 PIO IDE: v2.3.4 System: Windows_NT, 10.0.19043, x64

%23 Exception

  Error: Can not find Python Interpreter. Please install Python 3.6 or above manually
    at H.value (c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:765899)
    at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
    at async H.value (c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:764349)
    at async t.default.install (c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\dist\extension.js:1:6773)
    at async c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\dist\extension.js:1:12776

[ivankravets]

Could you run platformio.exe from c:\Users\Administrator\.platformio\python3? Does it work?

[SaturdayScience]

Thank you Platformio seems to be installed OK

[scorninpc]

I still can't install

I'm on Debian 11.1

I'v uninstall vscode, remove ~/.vscode and ~/platformio, reboot machine, but nothing works

[scorninpc]

I found the problem. The recipe of AppImage has a problem, not VSCode. Installing de .deb all works

[swanlm]

I am on macOS Version 12.0.1 (21A559). The folder %HOME%/.platformio/python3/bin contains python3 but not python. Running python3 correctly starts up Python 3.8.9 (default, Jul 19 2021, 09:37:32) but since there is no python command I assume that 2.7 (the system default) is loaded. How do I correct this?

[ivankravets]

@swanlm we don't use %HOME%/.platformio/python3 directly. We use it to create Python virtual environment that is located in %HOME%/.platformio/penv and contains python.

Do you see any errors if try to install PlatformIO Core manually https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/installation.html#super-quick-mac-linux ?

[swanlm]

@ivankravets thanks for the quick response. I get no errors when installing PlatformIO Core manually. But as soon as I open vscode it wants to install PlatformIO IDE. At that point I get "PlatformIO: Can not find working Python 3.6+ Interpreter." Aborting installation gives me: Error: Can not find Python Interpreter. Please install Python 3.6 or above manually at a.value (/Users/lanceswan/.vscode/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.0/node_modules/platformio-node-helpers/dist/index.js:1:778120) at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5) at async a.value (/Users/lanceswan/.vscode/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.0/node_modules/platformio-node-helpers/dist/index.js:1:780890) at async S.install (/Users/lanceswan/.vscode/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.0/dist/extension.js:1:4373) at async /Users/lanceswan/.vscode/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.0/dist/extension.js:1:28136...

[ivankravets]

Could you remove %HOME%/.platformio/python3 and %HOME%/.platformio/penv folders and restart VSCode?

[swanlm]

I get the same error. I am using vscode in conjunction with Fusion 360 and wonder if this related? I saw this in the console output.

console.ts:137 [Extension Host] /usr/bin/python3 Error: Python path configuration: PYTHONHOME = '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current' PYTHONPATH = '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python3.7/site-packages' program name = '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3' isolated = 0 environment = 1 user site = 1 import site = 1 sys._base_executable = '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3' sys.base_prefix = '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current' sys.base_exec_prefix = '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current' sys.executable = '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3' sys.prefix = '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current' sys.exec_prefix = '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current' sys.path = [ '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python3.7/site-packages', '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python38.zip', '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python3.8', '/Users/lanceswan/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/production/88ce6bc1c34decd89efb26d037ca39bd2adac037/Autodesk Fusion 360.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python3.8/lib-dynload', ] Fatal Python error: init_fs_encoding: failed to get the Python codec of the filesystem encoding Python runtime state: core initialized ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

Current thread 0x0000000109ad2600 (most recent call first):

at /Users/lanceswan/.vscode/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.0/node_modules/platformio-node-helpers/dist/index.js:1:5240 at ChildProcess.r (/Users/lanceswan/.vscode/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.0/node_modules/platformio-node-helpers/dist/index.js:1:5134) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20) at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:467:12) at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5)

[ivankravets]

Sorry, we can't provide more help. It seems that Autodesk totally broke your system. They overwrote the system Python with something own broken. You can try to remove them from your PATH in init shell script.

[swanlm]

Thanks; how would I do that, if you don't mind me asking?

[ivankravets]

Please forward your question to https://community.platformio.org/ to keep this issue clean. Thanks for undersatding.

[swanlm]

No problem and thanks for your help!

[swanlm]

Hi, this resolved my problem: https://community.platformio.org/t/restricting-platformio-installation/12402

Specifically setting "Platformio-ide: Activate Only On Platform IOProject" to true.

[ivankravets]

Ah... this is a custom Autodesk extension that breaks the whole process.env :(

[apws]

hi, I just tried to run python get-platformio.py and it provided some error, I dont know why. But issue I have now is absolutelly F CRAZY message "No pyvenv.cfg file" all the time yet after uninstalling and reainstalling python 310, into c:\ root or into user folder (win10) ... I simply CANT RUN any f python now .... please, can you help me?

well, now I tried to use absolute path to reinstalled python and got this....

x:\~web\220131\platformio-cli-core-setup>c:\python310\python get-platformio.py
Installer version: 1.1.0
Platform: Windows-10
Python version: 3.10.2 (tags/v3.10.2:a58ebcc, Jan 17 2022, 14:12:15) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]
Python path: c:\python310\python.exe
Creating a virtual environment at C:\Users\petra\.platformio\penv
Updating Python package manager (PIP) in a virtual environment
Virtual environment has been successfully created!
Installing PlatformIO Core
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'ProtocolError('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host', None, 10054, None))': /simple/platformio/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'ProtocolError('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host', None, 10054, None))': /simple/platformio/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'ProtocolError('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host', None, 10054, None))': /simple/platformio/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'ProtocolError('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host', None, 10054, None))': /simple/platformio/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'ProtocolError('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host', None, 10054, None))': /simple/platformio/
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement platformio (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for platformio
Error: Could not install PlatformIO Core: If you have antivirus/firewall/defender software in a system, try to disable it for a while.
 Command '['C:\\Users\\petra\\.platformio\\penv\\Scripts\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-U', 'platformio']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

x:\~web\220131\platformio-cli-core-setup>

tried also to disable antivirus, no success....

[ivankravets]

@apws

after connection broken by 'ProtocolError('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host', None, 10054, None))'

Please fix this. Remove all Pythons. Restart VSCode.

[apws]

thank you for reply, I somehow solved it for now by deleting and reinstalling .platformio through vscode - in fact, I am trying to use it rather with CLion (and I am new into pio, ya) while solving some build problems of clean arduino leonardo or zero projects - thank you again, will try more

[p3moto]

Solution

If you use PlatformIO IDE, please ensure that platformio-ide.useBuiltinPython option is enabled (set to true).

Windows and macOS

PlatformIO IDE comes with built-in portable Python 3 for Windows and macOS. YOU DO NOT NEED to install Python interpreter manually. If you use PlatformIO IDE and experience this issue, please navigate to %HOME%/.platformio/python3 folder and check that python.exe (Windows) or bin/python works on your machine. In case if they don't work, please install manually the latest Python 3 using this guide. Restart PlatformIO IDE (VScode).

Linux

Please install the next package and restart IDE:

sudo apt-get install python3-venv

I still experience this issue

If you still experience this issue, please leave a comment below and describe your configuration (operating system, its version, etc.). We would be glad to help you.

Regards, Your friends at PlatformIO.

%23 Configuration

VSCode: 1.61.2 PIO IDE: v2.3.4 System: Windows_NT, 10.0.19043, x64

%23 Exception

Error: Can not find Python Interpreter. Please install Python 3.6 or above manually
  at H.value (c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:765899)
  at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)
  at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
  at async H.value (c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:764349)
  at async t.default.install (c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\dist\extension.js:1:6773)
  at async c:\Users\Administrator\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.3.4\dist\extension.js:1:12776

there is no posibillity to click on "home".... https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core-installer/issues/1967

[dartrax]

Hi, I have the same problem on Win 10 x64, what can I do?

Could you run platformio.exe from c:\Users\Administrator\.platformio\python3? Does it work?

Already tried this, does not change anything.

Python works, the console opens when I click one of those files: C:\Users\dartrax.platformio\python3\python.exe C:\Program Files\Python310\python.exe

It does not work when I click here (Windows Store opens): C:\Users\dartrax\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe C:\Users\dartrax\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe

Environment variables are like this:

Error message when aborting PlatformIO update:

Error: Can not find Python Interpreter. Please install Python 3.6 or above manually
    at u.value (c:\Users\dartrax\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.2\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:780925)
    at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
    at async u.value (c:\Users\dartrax\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.2\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:783695)
    at async S.install (c:\Users\dartrax\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.2\dist\extension.js:1:4373)
    at async c:\Users\dartrax\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.4.2\dist\extension.js:1:28136...

Thank you!

[pazi88]

I have same issue as @dartrax Win10 x64, build 19042.1526. All did work just fine last week, but now it keeps complaining about Python and I can't seem to make it work, no matter what I do. Python works just fine outside PIO.

[ivankravets]

@pazi88 could you remove USERPROFILE_DIR/.platformio/penv and USERPROFILE_DIR/.platformio/python3 folders and restart VSCode? Do you use the latest versions of VSCode and PlatformIO IDE extension for VSCode?

[dartrax]

@ivankravets, I can't speek for @pazi88, but in my case I do not have the penv directory (I think I already tried deleting that before) and deleting the python3 directory doesn't have any effect. I will be created again when I start VS Code again and the Error pops up.

Currently, I have disabled the Platform IO extension so that this error doesn't distract me every time I use VS Code.

[ivankravets]

@dartrax what is your OS? Did you disable the built-in PlatformIO Core + Python interpreter for the PlatformIO IDE extension in the VSCode? Please check custom extension settings and enable built-in PIO Core + Python.

[dartrax]

I have Win 10 x64, and built-in PlatformIO Core and Python are already enabled.

May be this screenshot helps, looks like if there is a syntax error somewhere...

[ivankravets]

@dartrax Could you remove %USERPROFILE%/.platformio/.cache folder and restart VSCode?

[dartrax]

@ivankravets Thank you for your help! Removing the .platformio/.cache folder finally helped!

[pazi88]

@dartrax Could you remove %USERPROFILE%/.platformio/.cache folder and restart VSCode?

Thanks! This helped for me too.

[RFBomb]

3095 same issue. Cannot find interpreter, then subsequently fails.

also %HOME% does nothing on windows 10.

[dartrax]

For Windows, %USERPROFILE% instead of %HOME% should be used.

[RFBomb]

%USERPROFILE%\.platformio

is a completely empty folder

[pukiva]

just got to c\user\ur username\ .platformio and delete the python3 and cache floder restard the vs code and re install the platformio

[dartrax]

@pukiva, you surely mean c:\Users\ not c\user. However, @RFBomb already stated that this folder is already empty in his case.

[averydonovan]

I had this issue on Windows 10 and tried the various troubleshooting steps with no luck. I previously had this version (2.4.3) of PlatformIO installed, so I knew there wasn't some system incompatibility.

I found that the file python-portable-windows_amd64-1.30910.0.tar.gz in %USERPROFILE%/.platformio/.cache/tmp was a 0-byte file, so of course the installer couldn't do anything with it.

After way too much searching, I found out the file can be found at [https://dl.registry.platformio.org/download/platformio/tool/python-portable/1.30910.0/python-portable-windows_amd64-1.30910.0.tar.gz]() and after downloading it and putting it in %USERPROFILE%/.platformio/.cache/tmp, PlatformIO was able to install.

[ivankravets]

@donovan1983, thanks for sharing your experience. If you remove the .cache folder and restart VSCode, do you still see the 0-byte tar.gz archive?

[Kamilake]

Same here. I have a Python that works perfectly, but it doesn't work.

[ivankravets]

If you have own global Python, please close VSCode and try Installer Script https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/installation/methods/installer-script.html

Do you see any errors?

[Kamilake]

If you have own global Python, please close VSCode and try Installer Script https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/installation/methods/installer-script.html

Do you see any errors?

The script seems to work without any problems. but A warning message is still displayed that Python is not found.

Do you have any idea why?

[Kamilake]

The script seems to work without any problems. but A warning message is still displayed that Python is not found. Do you have any idea why?

I answered myself. I solved it. I had to run @ivankravets' script, remove the symbolic link of the Python env variable, reinstall the whole PIO, and empty that cache. I used Python from Windows store, found the path manually (C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.1520.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\python.exe) and added it to the environment variable and PYTHONHOME, and I succeeded in solving that without rebooting. Thank you for your help!

[Kamilake]

A new problem has occurred...
Each time you restart VSCode, the PIO downloads the portable Python and attempts to reinstall the PIO. When I press Reload now then Repeat the process mentioned above

[Kamilake]

When I turn on VSCode three times, it works well only ONCE. I decided to stop thinking. Throw it away!

(Currently, I'm checking the debug log and I will come back here if I can find out the cause or if there is any further update.)

[averydonovan]

@donovan1983, thanks for sharing your experience. If you remove the .cache folder and restart VSCode, do you still see the 0-byte tar.gz archive?

I had tried deleting the .cache folder multiple times, restarting VSCode multiple times, uninstalling and reinstalling PlatformIO, and even restarting my computer a couple of times and still ended up with the same results.

I forgot to note in my earlier comment that I have Anaconda Python installed in my global path and VSCode is set to use a virtual environment. Despite this, the PlatformIO installer claimed it couldn't find any Python interpreter to use and insisted on downloading its own portable Python.

[ivankravets]

Is Anaconda still alive? We don't support unofficial interpreters. They provide their own compiled binaries that are not compatible with the PyPi packages. What is the reason that you use Anaconda?

P.S: PlatformIO IDE comes with pre-built Python but it seems that Anaconda totally broke your Python environment.

[Kamilake]

When I turn on VSCode three times, it works well only ONCE. I decided to stop thinking. Throw it away!

(Currently, I'm checking the debug log and I will come back here if I can find out the cause or if there is any further update.)

still not working

[JWSmythe]

I have a problem. PlatformIO won't install. It brought me to this issue to report it.

System: OS: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22622 Build 22622 Python installed with: python-3.10.8-amd64.exe VSCode installed with: VSCodeSetup-x64-1.72.1.exe PlatformIO IDE extension attempted: v2.5.4

!!! Screen shots of the entire install process: https://imgur.com/a/xayEbuQ !!! I only included one screenshot here, since you probably don't want 31 images wasting space here. The complete chronological set is on imgur.

--- BEGIN error text --- Error: Can not find Python Interpreter. Please install Python 3.6 or above manually at f.value (c:\Users\User.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:801694) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) at async f.value (c:\Users\User.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:804843) at async E.install (c:\Users\User.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\dist\extension.js:1:4485) at async c:\Users\User.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\dist\extension.js:1:27976... --- END error text ---

It was working, but I hadn't used it in a month. I loaded it up yesterday to do some work, and it didn't work.
I tried lots of things to fix it.

I've tried all the things.

I've deleted all the things.
I uninstalled VSCode and Python I deleted my user .pio and .vscode directories. I deleted some lingering directories that probably didn't hurt anything.

I just deleted and reinstalled everything, and took screen shots of absolutely every step involved, so you won't have to ask if I did a thing.

I tried not having any installed Python, so it would use the alleged internal portable version. That didn't work. I tried installing Python before VSCode. I tried installing Python after VSCode. I tried installing both Python 3.9 and 3.10, in separate directories, and telling PIO specifically which to use. That didn't work.

I installed the current Python with Python in %PATH%. I downloaded it fresh, specifically for the 30th attempt, just in case. I installed the current VSCode. It was also downloaded fresh, just in case. I Trying to install the PlatformIO extension within VSCode, which fails.
Because whatever test is happening to see if Python is there, isn't working.

Previous attempts were made with the previous versions of Python and PlatformIO IDE extension. They didn't help.

All the steps, the full error text, and my relevant environment variables are all in the photos. The important bits are above, so maybe it'll help someone else find it.

Until then, I guess I'm using notepad++ this time. ...again. I'm trying really hard to want to like VSCode with PIO, but this is painful. I've spent more time trying to make VSCode work, than I have actually coding with it.

[ivankravets]

Do you use any espionage software? Kaspersky or another "antivirus" tool?

[JWSmythe]

Just Avast. There's nothing in the Avast log indicating that anything was blocked. It has done that in the past with other programs, but not with VSCode and Python. If it had popped that warning up, I would have known what to fix.

[JWSmythe]

Willing to be wrong, I disabled Avast and retried. Same problem.

[ivankravets]

PlatformIO IDE comes with portable Python 3. Could you navigate to the cd C:/Users/XXXXX/.platformio/python3 in cmd.exe, and type python.exe. Does it work for you?

[JWSmythe]

It isn't getting that far. The installer is aborting because it can't find python.

I might see why you guys aren't encountering it. You may be reinstalling on a system that already had PlatformIO installed before. I cleaned this machine up, so it was a fresh install. Try it in a fresh VM, or delete your c:\Users[user].vscode and c:\Users[user].platformio directories before trying to reinstall it.

Make sure you don't have another python installed, and only install it from either the installer on the Python site, or from the Windows app store. Both of those install a working python, but neither is being seen by the PlatformIO Core installer.

That should get you to the condition I'm in.