Platformio-vscode-ide: Failed to install Platformio IDE in vscode

Created on 14 Oct 2019 · 9Comments · Source: platformio/platformio-vscode-ide

Problem

I'm using platformio IDE in vscode.
Before 2019.10.11, the platformio IDE extension worked well.
But after 2019.10.11, every time I open vscode I get this message.

Installing PlatformIO Core...
Please do not close this window and do not open other folders until this process is completed.
Failed to install PlatformIO IDE.

No more information shows.

What I Have Tried

Uninstall vscode and reinstall it
Uninstall platformio IDE and reinstall it
Downgrade vscode from 1.39 to 1.37
Downgrade platfotmio IDE from 1.90 to 1.83
pip --no-cache-dir install -U platformio
conda install platformio
pip uninstall platform and then pip install platformio
Restart the computer
Uninstall platformio IDE and delete all the folders and files whose names contain 'platformio', and than reinstall platformio
Run vscode as administrator and install platformio IDE
I still haven't fixed the problem now.

What I Have Found

After I uninstall platformio IDE and tried to reinstall it (of course I failed), I found the folder "C:\Users\Bowman.platformio"'s size is only 0KB, and it contains only one folder ".cache".

What I Have Installed in My Computer

Anaconda(Python 3.7)
JDK
node.js
.NET Core
mingw64
Visual Studio 2019
Visual Studio 2017
Stm32CubeIDE

help wanted

Source

BowmanChow

All 9 comments

I have the exact same problem.
Here's what VSCode says:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/eric/.local/bin/platformio", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/home/eric/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3191, in <module>
    @_call_aside
  File "/home/eric/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3175, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/eric/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3204, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/home/eric/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 583, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/home/eric/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 900, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/home/eric/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 786, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'platformio==4.0.3' distribution was not found and is required by the application

I rolled back to the 1.8.3 version and it works.

edalongeville on 15 Oct 2019

@edalongeville see https://github.com/platformio/platformio-vscode-ide/issues/1007

ivankravets on 18 Oct 2019

@BowmanChow It can be linked with broken Python installation. Please open VSCode > Help > Developer tools > Console. Do you see any errors?

ivankravets on 18 Oct 2019

@ivankravets Thank you very much. Now I can see errors.

The error occurs when running commands:

conda create --yes --quiet python=2 pip --prefix C:\Users\Bowman\.platformio\penv

The errors are as follows

Error: 
Conda Virtualenv:  
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found 
[WinError 127] The specified procedure could not be found       at o.runCommand 
(c:\Users\Bowman\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-1.9.0\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:29676)     at ChildProcess.h 
(c:\Users\Bowman\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-1.9.0\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:6150)  at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)     at ChildProcess.cp.emit 
(c:\Users\Bowman\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-1.9.0\node_modules\c...

BowmanChow on 18 Oct 2019

@BowmanChow can you fix your conda installation? It's better to remove it and never use again. Please use original and official Python interpreter from https://www.python.org/

So, uninstall this conda and use Python 3.8. Please don't forget to check box with adding Python to PATH.

ivankravets on 18 Oct 2019

👍1

@ivankravets Thank you very much. I have fixed my conda installation. Your suggestions are really helpful.

BowmanChow on 19 Oct 2019

👍1

I do really appreciate the help of both of you guys... In my case, I had the same issue of BowmanChow but I had to open the command prompt (since I am using windows) and delete manually a carpet just like this:

Windows

RD /S /Q " C:\Users\UserName.platformio

When I did so, In addition to installing the official python version (Link: https://www.python.org/downloads/) because I had also installed the Conda interpreter of python and uninstalled it the problem was solved.

Greetings guys. Thanks a lot.