Activating Anaconda Environment in VsCode

Question

I have Anaconda working on my system and VsCode working, but how do I get VsCode to activate a specific environment when running my python script?

Answer 1

I found a hacky solution replace your environment variable for the original python file so instead it can just call from the python.exe from your anaconda folder, so when you reference python it will reference anaconda's python.

So your only python path in env var should be like:

"C:\Anaconda3\envs\py34\", or wherever the python executable lives

If you need more details I don't mind explaining. :)

Answer 2

Setting python.pythonPath in VSCode's settings.json file doesn't work for me, but another method does. According to the Anaconda documentation at Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code):

When you launch VS Code from Navigator, VS Code is configured to use the Python interpreter in the currently selected environment.

Answer 3

If you need an independent environment for your project: Install your environment to your project folder using the --prefix option:

conda create --prefix C:\your\workspace\root\awesomeEnv\ python=3

In VSCode launch.json configuration set your "pythonPath" to:

"pythonPath":"${workspaceRoot}/awesomeEnv/python.exe"

Answer 4

If Anaconda is your default Python install then it just works if you install the Microsoft Python extension.

The following should work regardless of Python editor or if you need to point to a specific install:

In settings.json edit python.path with something like

"python.pythonPath": "C:\\Anaconda3\\envs\\py34\\python.exe"

Instructions to edit settings.json