🔒 VSCode terminal not using selected python interpreter for command

[quartz apex]

Hello! I did not know if here was the right place but here I am. Long story short, on my laptop running Linux, I have 2 versions of python (3.7.17 and 3.12.3) my terminal always defaults to 3.12.3 for pip, python3 and python. Does anyone know how to make it use the VSCode Python Extension selected interpreter version? Iv tried ChatGPT but it's no help

[grim prism]

@quartz apex

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[proper forum]

Give more info please. What distro are you running? I think that there is a plugin of VS Code that lets you switch installs. (I am not sure) I am a PyCharm user.

[daring portal]

ctrl-shift-p

[quartz apex]

Distro? Like Linux version and stuff?

Also VSCode Python Extension lets you change the interpreter, which along with enabling "python.activateTerminal", it should supposedly set the "python" command to the path of whatever version of python you set as the interpreter, but for me it doesnt

[quartz apex]

No clue how this helps

[proper forum]

Yes

Yes its a pallette. Search switch or something. I guess its a bug. See the patch notes of vs code. Try updating VS Code.

[quartz apex]

everything is all up to date. i believe its been an issue for a bit now

[fading helm]

You have the correct version at the right bottom corner of the screen and it's not using that?

[quartz apex]

Yup. I have it on 3.7.13 but "python3 --version" and "pip -V" is 3.12.3, and "python" command doesn't exist supposedly

[fading helm]

Just to be sure, you are opening a new terminal in vscode after selecting the version?

[quartz apex]

Yup, IV opened up several new terminals in vscode

[fading helm]

Click on the "output" tab, select "Python" and check for any errors when changing interpreters

Also, what shell are you using?

[quartz apex]

Bash

[quartz apex]

Will do when I next touch it

[quartz apex]

this is all that outputs when I changed from 3.7.17 to 3.12.3, then back to 3.7.17

[daring portal]

close ur terminals im vscode and open a new ome anytime your switch versions..
then do,
which python

[daring portal]

try python3

[quartz apex]

python3 does not change dependant on interpreter though. python3 always leads to 3.12.3 since the "python3" file is just a link to "python3.12" (Linux Mint does that, changing it messed my whole system up 😍 )

[daring portal]

that says to me your using default system.. here you do python --version to verify..

[daring portal]

read the msg about.. i onno how you installed multiple versions.. but could be borked.. may have to rebuild .. there are tutorials for installing multiple versions...
agai, python3 for u

[quartz apex]

I can't lie, I did not understand most of that. But I also had the same issue on my windows PC.
Locations on pc (I believe):

C:/%localappdata%/Programs/Python/Python37/python.exe
C:/%localappdata%/Programs/Python/Python312/python.exe```

Locations on Linux:

/usr/bin/python3.7
/usr/bin/python3.12

/usr/bin/python3->python3.12

[daring portal]

maybe go look at yhose folders and see what the structure is.. Im imagining..
/usr/bin/python3.7/bin

[quartz apex]

no folders

[grim prism]

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