Fix No such file or directory on conda activate

[RicardoSQueen]

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.54.3
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): v2021.3.680753044
• OS and version: linux x64 5.9.16-1
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.9.2 conda 4.9.2
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | ...): conda
• Relevant/affected Python-related VS Code extensions and their versions: Jupyter v2021.3.684299474
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Jedi

Expected behaviour

for the command '. activate' to work in integrated terminal. (but the source command DOES work!- i.e source activate & conda activate)

Actual behaviour

. activate returns an error: No such file or directory, but weirdly enough - the command will work after deactivating the environment:

Steps to reproduce:

1. . activate conda_env_name

Consequence

This is actually affecting a error when using the jupyter extension: whenever I need to activate a virtual environment other than base in a notebook, the following command is used:

. activate mech && echo etc.

returning a command failed message saying: activate: No such file or directory.

I've had this problem in the past, and it disappeared for a while, but now it's back.
Also, a weird observation: if code is called from terminal, this issue does not happen.

[karrtikr]

Thanks for the bug report! We investigate issues in order based on priority and severity, which includes the impact it has on your ability to use the extension to do productive work, and the number of people affected. If other users come forward and leave a comment demonstrating they are seeing/reproducing the problem then we will raise this issue's priority.

Thanks for your understanding and patience!

[karrtikr]

Can you try this?

1. Anaconda prompt and cd to your workspace.
2. Activate the environment using conda activate
3. Start VS Code using code .

related #10626

[RicardoSQueen]

Hey, @karrtikr.

Apparently it's a well known issue! I'm sorry if I missed it from the issues page. starting vscode from conda prompt did solve it!

Thanks for your attention!

[karrtikr]

Yes, your issue seems very similar to earlier issues like this one #14123 (comment). conda activate is more reliable than source activate or . activate, so we'll change the code to do that instead, so you don't need to open VSCode using conda prompt everytime.

[moetayuko]

Hello @karrtikr , is there any progress on the migration? It's been half a year since the solution was proposed but the issue is still not fixed.

[karrtikr]

Unfortunately we haven't been able to prioritize it, although there is a long term goal (#11039). The issue is here:

vscode-python/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/condaActivationProvider.ts

Line 86 in eca4f6e

const firstActivate = this.platform.isWindows ? activatePath : `source ${activatePath}`;

we're happy to take external contributions as well.

[mivade]

I came here by way of #8770. I've started using conda create -p {directory} more often than using named environments and it's really obnoxious that I have to manually activate the environment when it works as expected for conda environments created with -n.

[MetRonnie]

To workaround this I had to find the location of my activate executable and set python.condapath to the conda executable in the same directory.

I my case activate was at /opt/conda/bin/activate so I set python.condapath to /opt/conda/bin/conda. (Even though which conda results in a different path: /opt/conda/condabin/conda)

[MetRonnie]

Currently when you launch an integrated terminal, you have to wait as it does this:

source /opt/conda/bin/activate
conda activate myenv
user@host:~ $ source /opt/conda/bin/activate
(base) user@host:~ $ conda activate myenv
(myenv) user@host:~ $ 

The source is not needed and a waste of time

[mokeyish]

Activate enviroment myml returns an error: No such file or directory when the enviroment is created by non-root user.

This env list in my system. machine-learning is global env (created by root user), myml is user env (created by user deep).

• env create by non-root user.
  

• env create by root user.
  

[mokeyish]

Hello, I have fixed this issue in PR #18989

[karrtikr]

Fixed with #18989.

[karrtikr]

Fix should be out in the pre-release version of the extension, use the following to try it out: