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user2413
Asked: 2018-10-01 12:22:03 +0800 CST

Set virtualenv for file in Visual Studio Code python

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I'm playing with Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu. One big problem is I can't figure out how to attach a virtualenv to a file. So, I open the file. On the lower left corner, I see the default path to the system python executable:

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when I click on it, a list with two paths is shown on the top middle box (both are the default system python's).

I tried to set the python.venvPath (in green in the right window). but it does not work.

My question is: how to assign a virtualenv to a project, so that whenever I open that file, it uses that venv?

python visual-studio-code virtualenv

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  1. Best Answer

    I simply set the pythonPath variable in the local .vscode/settings.json to the python that should be used, like so:

    "python.pythonPath": "~/.virtualenvs/<my_virtual_env>/bin/python"

    Code then automatically sources the virtualenv activate script before running files (like debugging or "run python file in terminal").

    I use Ubuntu 18.04, Code 1.33.0 and Python Plugin 2019.3 from Microsoft

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