"No such file or directory" when using Windows Linux Subsystem bash with VS Code

Question

I am using VS Code on Windows 10 with the Windows Linux Subsystem & Ubuntu 18.04.

What I am attempting to do is use VS Code as a python development environment with bash as its terminal and the python3 interpreter installed on the Ubuntu system as its default python executable.

In my User configuration I have:

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe"

set, and under Ubuntu python3 is installed and python is an alias to it.

When I attempt to execute a python file I get the following error:

/usr/bin/python3: can't open file 'c:/Users/R ... /test.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

My sense is I need to get VS Code passing the path relative to the Linux Subsystem rather than to Windows C:\ to the interpreter. How can I do this?

Answer 1

Try to install the extension Remote Development extension pack, maybe can fix your problem. Because it will simulate like the vscode is running in the WSl.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl#_installation

Answer 2

While there does not appear to be official support in Visual Studio Code for Windows, the plugin "Code Runner" with the runInTerminal setting fixes this problem.

It adds a "Run Code" (Alt-Ctrl-N) to the right-click window of an open editor.

If you set the User setting:

"code-runner.runInTerminal": true

And then run the code, it passes the correct filename to the default executable for your terminal environment.

Answer 3

WSL is not officially supported by the Python extension yet. See this issue to track the status for adding support.

Answer 4

Linux is case-sensitive, Windows is not. You have "c:" and "C:" in your script. Maybe check for any other discrepancies you might have?