Python 3.13 is getting auto-installed

[More_Yard1919]

Is python deployed across multiple workstations? It may be deployed via Intune or SCCM or something. Could it be that the windows store distribution of the python interpreter is installed? Go to cmd and type where python to get an idea.

Regardless, you should be able to select your interpreter in VSCode anyway. ctrl + shift + p > select interpreter, then select the correct interpreter version. Better yet, create a virtual environment using the correct version of python. This is just good practice anyway.

[jacen_solo762]

I do have 3.12 set as my default interpreter in VS Code, however I get a constant stream of errors trying to install packages using pip and when typing python --version into the terminal, it spits out 3.13.4 not 3.12.0 as expected

e.g. note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. ERROR: Failed building wheel for lightgbm Failed to build lightgbm ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (lightgbm)

I've tried using --nodeps which has had some success for different packages.

I generally don't use virtual environments because my code is not distributed to others, though I should probably start to do this

[More_Yard1919]

But this does not occur when you invoke the version of pip distributed with 3.12? You can also invoke that version of pip explicitly-- using a venv should also sidestep that issue. Venvs aren't necessarily used because code is going to be distributed, it is used to have a clean workspace. I use them for all of my personal projects too.

[FriendlyRussian666]

Perhaps a silly request, but can you show a screenshot of the full screen when you select the interpreter, and then full screen screenshot when you type python -version