Error While Installing Python Extensions " Can't Open File 'directory + Filename': [errno 2] No Such File Or Directory "

I tried to install mypy extension in vs code but it keeps showing me this error below C:\Users\Yourusername\Dev\django_project_boilerplate\env\Scripts\python.exe: can't open file '

Solution 1:

I got the same error when clicking the "Install ipykernel" on the pop-up window when trying to use Python Interactive mode in VS Code.

My problem was that I had git bash as my default shell while running VS Code on Windows, hence filepaths where not being processed properly.

I solved the problem by changing my Terminal's default shell:

1. Type: ctrl + shift + p
2. In the dropdown, select Terminal: Select Default Shell
3. In the subsequent dropdown, select Command Prompt C:\...
4. Try running Interactive mode once again (e.g. add # %% above a line of code and then click Run Cell)
5. Now click "Install ipykernel" on the pop-up window that comes up on the bottom right corner.

The installation now executed from the cmd shell without any problems, and Interactive mode worked fine.

Solution 2:

what I did is to add an extra anti-slash and it worked fine :

c:/Users/Yourusername/Dev/django_project_boilerplate/env/Scripts/python.exe c:\\Users\\Yourusername\\.vscode\\extensions\\ms-python.python-2020.6.89148\\pythonFiles\\pyvsc-run-isolated.py pip install -U mypy 

Solution 3:

For as I also use git bash as my default terminal in windows, I used the following command:

python /c/Users/uname/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.3.680753044/pythonFiles/pyvsc-run-isolated.py pip install -U black --user

Whereas I was getting error like this, before:

C:/Users/uname/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38/python.exe c:\Users\uname\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.3.680753044\pythonFiles\pyvsc-run-isolated.py pip install -U black --user
C:\Users\uname\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe: can't open file 'c:Usersigour.vscodeextensionsms-python.python-2021.3.680753044pythonFilespyvsc-run-isolated.py': [Errno 2] 
No such file or directory

As you can see it is due to the way git bash handles the file location differently, which I fixed and it worked fine alter.

Honestly, I love to see windows start following the same directory structure like other Linux system(Hope some day this will become true).

Solution 4:

Change your vs code's terminal back to Default Shell > Command Prompt C:\Windows...

The error is due to PATH conflict while using git bash as default terminal on VS Code.