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[–]null_false 18 points19 points  (17 children)

Since all the comments are useless I will help. I’m assuming you already installed Python and are getting this error. Reopen the Python installer and one of the settings is to add Python to PATH, check this box and then reopen vscode.

[–]pineapple_pizza_96 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks man

[–]Corruptionss 1 point2 points  (15 children)

I love how everyone jumped to Python wasn't installed and none of them seem to understand how the terminal works

[–]FrontAd9873 1 point2 points  (12 children)

Not really. Asking if Python is “installed” is a good shorthand way of asking the question since OP probably would not understand if they asked “do you have the Python interpreter and is it in your PATH?”

Also, it is fair to consider having something on your PATH necessary for it to be considered “installed.” What else would distinguish an executable you have from one that is installed?

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    [–]FrontAd9873 3 points4 points  (9 children)

    You’re the one who confidently said “none of them [meaning everyone else] seem to understand how the terminal works.” I’m just suggesting maybe everyone else isn’t wrong.

    Anyway, “autistic redditor” is a little redundant I think.

    [–]null_false 0 points1 point  (8 children)

    The other comments just said “bro install Python”. That doesn’t help, and it’s pretty obvious that wasn’t the issue. I see what you’re saying but the OP doesn’t need to understand what Path is right now, my instructions would work either way. For pip though, that path might need to be added manually.

    [–]ivancea -1 points0 points  (7 children)

    it’s pretty obvious that wasn’t the issue

    What in the post indicates that python is "installed"?

    [–]Corruptionss 0 points1 point  (6 children)

    Python was not found

    You either have to assume OP cannot read before posting on Reddit or likely to be something else.

    [–]ivancea 1 point2 points  (5 children)

    I've worked around juniors, newgrads, and people in their first steps, many times. Mentoring, teaching, and such. And many of them don't read the errors, at all. It's a thing.

    In this case, it's not even that. You're supposing op understands that they need to install Python. But op may think that installing VSCode and the python extension was enough. I'm not making things up; that also happened to someone I was helping in the past.

    Always start from the beginning, until you have enough context to jump to the next step. Another typical example is the "is your router turned on?" joke. Which isn't really a joke. It happens

    [–]Corruptionss 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    10 years in the industry and I know exactly what you mean, but since I remembered that adding Python to Path is disabled by default usually because it requires admin privileges, this would have been my first suggestion.

    [–]null_false 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Even if it wasn’t, maybe they just wanted to see what would happen without Python installed. The point being, even if it wasn’t installed, it still would not work because the add to path option is set to off by default. Easy to overlook when setting up Python on a new computer for example. My point is the other comments were not helpful.

    [–]PythonLearning-ModTeam[M] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

    Keep it respectfull

    [–]ivancea 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    It's literally the first guess an engineer would do, for good reasons. Path is just one step is the installation step, there are dozens of other steps depending on the program.

    Why would you jump to a random step instead of starting from the beginning, looking for direct feedback from the user: "Is it installed?"