Failed to install tools on Windows (VSC-757)

I’m on Windows 11 Preview, not sure if maybe that’s the issue, but I cannot get the virtualenv created using the include idf-python version (3.8.7). I get an error stating that it’s missing a DLLs folder. Is there a way to use my systems Python version instead? I am able to create a virtualenv with it from a terminal.

Using existing Toolchain for Xtensa (ESP32-S2) based on GCC in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\xtensa-esp32s2-elf\esp-2021r1-8.4.0
Using existing Toolchain for Xtensa (ESP32-S3) based on GCC in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\xtensa-esp32s3-elf\esp-2021r1-8.4.0
Using existing Toolchain for 32-bit RISC-V based on GCC in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\riscv32-esp-elf\esp-2021r1-8.4.0
Using existing Toolchain for ESP32 ULP coprocessor in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\esp32ulp-elf\2.28.51-esp-20191205
Using existing Toolchain for ESP32-S2 and ESP32-S3 ULP coprocessors in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\esp32s2ulp-elf\2.28.51-esp-20191205
Using existing CMake build system in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\cmake\3.20.3
Using existing OpenOCD for ESP32 in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\openocd-esp32\v0.10.0-esp32-20210902
Using existing Ninja build system in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\ninja\1.10.2
Using existing IDF wrapper tool for Windows in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\idf-exe\1.0.1
Using existing Ccache (compiler cache) in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\ccache\4.3
Using existing dfu-util (Device Firmware Upgrade Utilities) in C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\dfu-util\0.9

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Users\\User\\.espressif\\tools\\idf-python\\3.8.7\\DLLs'
Creating a new Python environment in C:\Users\User\.espressif\python_env\idf4.4_py3.8_env
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1817, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1813, in main
    action_func(args)
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1517, in action_install_python_env
    subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'virtualenv', idf_python_env_path],
  File "subprocess.py", line 364, in check_call
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\User\\.espressif\\tools\\idf-python\\3.8.7\\python.exe', '-m', 'virtualenv', 'C:\\Users\\User\\.espressif\\python_env\\idf4.4_py3.8_env']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Command failed: C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\idf-python\3.8.7\python.exe C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py install-python-env
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1817, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1813, in main
    action_func(args)
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1517, in action_install_python_env
    subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'virtualenv', idf_python_env_path],
  File "subprocess.py", line 364, in check_call
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\User\\.espressif\\tools\\idf-python\\3.8.7\\python.exe', '-m', 'virtualenv', 'C:\\Users\\User\\.espressif\\python_env\\idf4.4_py3.8_env']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Command failed: C:\Users\User\.espressif\tools\idf-python\3.8.7\python.exe C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py install-python-env
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1817, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1813, in main
    action_func(args)
  File "C:\Users\User\esp-idf\tools\idf_tools.py", line 1517, in action_install_python_env
    subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'virtualenv', idf_python_env_path],
  File "subprocess.py", line 364, in check_call
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\User\\.espressif\\tools\\idf-python\\3.8.7\\python.exe', '-m', 'virtualenv', 'C:\\Users\\User\\.espressif\\python_env\\idf4.4_py3.8_env']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

[meltdown03]

I ended up making the virtualenv manually with my systems Python. Then when the extension was trying to create it, I just hit cancel (it was confused and just sitting there spinning, lol) and it went to the completed page. It works now.

[meltdown03]

Cool, thanks. I’d rather use my version

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021, 8:57 AM Juraj Michálek @.***> wrote:

The issue is already closed. Just to mention it here. The installer has support for using custom Python. You can start the installer with following option:

idf-installer…exe /USEEMBEDDEDPYTHON=no

This will enable check of available Python’s. There’s also check for problem with subprocess.py which might be some remain of previous Python installation.

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