PlatformIO IDE doesn't see Python3-venv on Linux

newageretronerd · July 21, 2023, 2:52am

Whenever I try to install PlatfromIO IDE on VS Code in Linux Mint I get this error:

Error: Error: Can not install PlatformIO Core due to a missed venv module in your Python installation. Please install this package manually using the OS package manager. For example: $ apt-get install python3-venv (MAY require administrator access sudo) → Installer version: 1.2.0 Platform: Linux-5.15.0-76-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 Python version: 3.10.6 (main, May 29 2023, 11:10:38) [GCC 11.3.0] Python path: /usr/bin/python3 Creating a virtual environment at /home/joshindigo/.platformio/penv at /home/joshindigo/.vscode/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-3.3.0-linux-x64/node_modules/platformio-node-helpers/dist/index.js:1:5300 at ChildProcess.i (/home/joshindigo/.vscode/exten…

I already have python3-vevn installed so I’m unsure as to what the issue would be.

maxgerhardt · July 21, 2023, 9:23am

Do you have multiple Python versions intalled? (sudo dpkg -i | grep python)

ivankravets · July 21, 2023, 11:08am

Could you open system terminal and type:

python3 -m ensurepip --help
python3 -m venv --help

Do these command work?

P.S.: See also

github.com

platformio/platformio-core-installer/blob/develop/pioinstaller/python.py#L140:L143


      
              raise exception.IncompatiblePythonError(
                  "Unsupported Python version: %s. "
                  "Minimum supported Python version is 3.6 or above."
                  % platform.python_version(),
              )
          
          
# conda check
          if is_conda():
              raise exception.IncompatiblePythonError("Conda is not supported")
          
          
try:
              __import__("ensurepip")
              __import__("venv")
              # __import__("distutils.command")
          except ImportError:
              raise exception.PythonVenvModuleNotFound()
          
          
# portable Python 3 for macOS is not compatible with macOS < 10.13
          # https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core-installer/issues/70
          if util.IS_MACOS:
              with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmpfile:

pyprism · July 21, 2023, 4:27pm

I am also facing this issue. I am using Linux Mint 21.2. I have multiple version of python installed. As mentioned in previous comment, both ensurepip and venv commands are working.

newageretronerd · July 21, 2023, 4:47pm

Yes both help commands work. So far it looks like I may have fixed the problem by reinstalling VSCode using a flatpack but now I need to see if the extension is able to run correctly.

newageretronerd · July 21, 2023, 4:50pm

Yes. So far I’ve managed to get the extension to install by reinstalling VSCode with a flatpack but now I need to see if the extension can run tasks such as building and uploading normally.

newageretronerd · July 21, 2023, 7:08pm

Ok, my solution was to reinstall VSCode as a flatpak from flathub and that seems to have fixed the issue. Extension seems to run fine.

normandunbar · July 22, 2023, 10:36am

Hmmm. I’ve been using PlatformIO for ages, and today, in VSCode, it decided to upadate as it has done previously with no problems.

After a while I get a message “PlatformIO cannot find a working Python3.6+ interpreter. Please install the latest Python 3 and restart VSCode.”.

I check, python --version which returns 3.10.6. Seems fine. whereis python returns /usr/bin/python.

I’m offered a button, “I have python” so I click it and type in /usr/bin/python when prompted. After a pause, we go back to the start saying there’s no python. If I ignore the popup it vanishes and the Platform IO update hangs.

I haven’t updated Python recently. VSCode updated a week ago, it seems from this:

Version: 1.80.1
Commit: 74f6148eb9ea00507ec113ec51c489d6ffb4b771
Date: 2023-07-12T17:22:25.257Z
Electron: 22.3.14
ElectronBuildId: 21893604
Chromium: 108.0.5359.215
Node.js: 16.17.1
V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.2.0-25-generic

I wonder if the problem is in VSCode or PlatformIO. Any clues as to where I can look?

On the command line, which is working fine, pio --version returns PlatformIO Core, version 6.1.9.

Cheers,
Norm.

PS. Flatpack is not an option for me.

ivankravets · July 22, 2023, 12:37pm

Does this command work for you?

python3 -c '__import__("ensurepip"); __import__("venv")'

normandunbar · July 22, 2023, 1:46pm

Ah! If only I’d scrolled back in this thread. My bad.

It seems I have no module named “ensurepip”:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ensurepip'

I do appear to have venv though but I don’t use it. At least, unless PlatformIO uses it under the covers.

python3 -m venv --help
usage: venv [-h] [--system-site-packages] [--symlinks | --copies] [--clear] [--upgrade]
            [--without-pip] [--prompt PROMPT] [--upgrade-deps]
            ENV_DIR [ENV_DIR ...]

Creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories.

However, I needed to do this to actually get ensurepip to respond:

python3 --version
Python 3.10.6

apt search python3.10 | grep -e venv -e ensurepip

p   python3.10-venv                           - Interactive high-level object-oriented language (pyv
p   python3.10-venv:i386                      - Interactive high-level object-oriented language (pyv
v   python3.10-venv:any                       -

This showed that python3.10-venv:any was not installed. I installed it with:

sudo apt install python3.10-venv

And after that, I get this:

python3 -m ensurepip --help
usage: python -m ensurepip [-h] [--version] [-v] [-U] [--user] [--root ROOT] [--altinstall]
                           [--default-pip]

And, on opening VSCode, the upgrade finishes. It looks like Linux MInt (Ubuntu and/or Debian also perhaps?) need to install the package python3.xx-venv in order to get the latest PlatformIO to install.

HTH

Cheers,
Norm.