Installation fails to produce settings.json file (VSC-1271)

[pauljurczak]

OS

Windows

Operating System version

Ubuntu 23.10

Visual Studio Code version

1.85.1

ESP-IDF version

release/v5.2

Python version

3.11.6

Doctor command output

---------------------------------------------- ESP-IDF Extension for Visual Studio Code report ---------------------------------------------
OS linux x64 6.5.0-14-generic
System environment variable IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH
undefined
System environment variable PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/snap/bin
System environment variable PYTHON
undefined
Visual Studio Code version 1.85.1
Visual Studio Code language en
Visual Studio Code shell /usr/bin/bash
ESP-IDF Extension version 1.6.5
Workspace folder /uc/blink
---------------------------------------------------- Extension configuration settings ------------------------------------------------------
ESP-ADF Path (idf.espAdfPath) ${env:ADF_PATH}
ESP-IDF Path (idf.espIdfPath) /esp/esp-idf
ESP-MDF Path (idf.espMdfPath) ${env:MDF_PATH}
ESP-Matter Path (idf.espMatterPath) ${env:ESP_MATTER_PATH}
Custom extra paths (idf.customExtraPaths) /.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/bin:/.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/bin:/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin:/.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/riscv32-esp-elf/bin:/.espressif/tools/esp32ulp-elf/2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf/bin:/.espressif/tools/openocd-esp32/v0.12.0-esp32-20230921/openocd-esp32/bin:/.espressif/tools/esp-rom-elfs/20230320
Custom extra vars (idf.customExtraVars)
OPENOCD_SCRIPTS: /.espressif/tools/openocd-esp32/v0.12.0-esp32-20230921/openocd-esp32/share/openocd/scripts
ESP_ROM_ELF_DIR: /.espressif/tools/esp-rom-elfs/20230320/
Virtual env Python Path (idf.pythonBinPath) /.espressif/python_env/idf5.2_py3.11_env/bin/python
Serial port (idf.port) /dev/ttyUSB1
OpenOCD Configs (idf.openOcdConfigs) interface/ftdi/esp32_devkitj_v1.cfg,board/esp32-wrover.cfg
ESP-IDF Tools Path (idf.toolsPath) /.espressif
Git Path (idf.gitPath) git
-------------------------------------------------------- Configurations access -------------------------------------------------------------
Access to ESP-ADF Path (idf.espAdfPath) false
Access to ESP-IDF Path (idf.espIdfPath) true
Access to ESP-MDF Path (idf.espMdfPath) false
Access to ESP-Matter Path (idf.espMatterPath) false
Access to ESP-IDF Custom extra paths
Access to /.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/bin: true
Access to /.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/bin: true
Access to /.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin: false
Access to /.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/riscv32-esp-elf/bin: false
Access to /.espressif/tools/esp32ulp-elf/2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf/bin: true
Access to /.espressif/tools/openocd-esp32/v0.12.0-esp32-20230921/openocd-esp32/bin: true
Access to /.espressif/tools/esp-rom-elfs/20230320: true
Access to Virtual env Python Path (idf.pythonBinPath) true
Access to CMake in environment PATH true
Access to Ninja in environment PATH true
Access to ESP-IDF Tools Path (idf.toolsPath) true
-------------------------------------------------------- Configurations has spaces -------------------------------------------------------------
Spaces in system environment Path false
Spaces in ESP-ADF Path (idf.espAdfPath) false
Spaces in ESP-IDF Path (idf.espIdfPath) false
Spaces in ESP-MDF Path (idf.espMdfPath) false
Spaces in ESP-Matter Path (idf.espMatterPath) false
Spaces in ESP-IDF Custom extra paths
Spaces in /.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/bin: false
Spaces in /.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/bin: false
Spaces in /.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin: false
Spaces in /.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/riscv32-esp-elf/bin: false
Spaces in /.espressif/tools/esp32ulp-elf/2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf/bin: false
Spaces in /.espressif/tools/openocd-esp32/v0.12.0-esp32-20230921/openocd-esp32/bin: false
Spaces in /.espressif/tools/esp-rom-elfs/20230320: false
Spaces in Virtual env Python Path (idf.pythonBinPath) false
Spaces in ESP-IDF Tools Path (idf.toolsPath) false
----------------------------------------------------------- Executables Versions -----------------------------------------------------------
Git version 2.40.1
ESP-IDF version 5.2.0
Python version 3.11.6
Python's pip version 23.3.2
-------------------------------------------------- Project configuration settings ----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------- Python packages in idf.pythonBinPath ----------------------------------------------------
bitarray version: 2.9.2
bitstring version: 4.1.4
CacheControl version: 0.13.1
certifi version: 2023.11.17
cffi version: 1.16.0
charset-normalizer version: 3.3.2
click version: 8.0.4
colorama version: 0.4.6
construct version: 2.10.70
contextlib2 version: 21.6.0
cryptography version: 41.0.7
ecdsa version: 0.18.0
esp-coredump version: 1.10.0
esp-debug-backend version: 1.0.3
esp-idf-kconfig version: 1.4.1
esp-idf-monitor version: 1.3.4
esp-idf-panic-decoder version: 1.0.1
esp-idf-size version: 1.0.3
esptool version: 4.7.0
filelock version: 3.13.1
freertos-gdb version: 1.0.2
gcovr version: 6.0
idf-component-manager version: 1.4.1
idna version: 3.6
intelhex version: 2.3.0
Jinja2 version: 3.0.3
kconfiglib version: 14.1.0
lxml version: 5.1.0
markdown-it-py version: 3.0.0
MarkupSafe version: 2.1.3
mdurl version: 0.1.2
msgpack version: 1.0.7
packaging version: 23.2
pip version: 23.3.2
pyclang version: 0.4.2
pycparser version: 2.21
pyelftools version: 0.30
pygdbmi version: 0.9.0.2
Pygments version: 2.17.2
pyparsing version: 3.1.1
pyserial version: 3.5
PyYAML version: 6.0.1
reedsolo version: 1.7.0
requests version: 2.31.0
requests-file version: 1.5.1
requests-toolbelt version: 1.0.0
rich version: 13.7.0
schema version: 0.7.5
setuptools version: 69.0.3
six version: 1.16.0
tqdm version: 4.66.1
urllib3 version: 1.26.18
websocket-client version: 1.7.0
---------------------------------------------------- Check ESP-IDF python requirements.txt -------------------------------------------------
Check ESP-IDF Python packages Python requirements are satisfied.
---------------------------------------------------- Check extension requirements.txt ------------------------------------------------------
Check Extension Python packages Python requirements are satisfied.
---------------------------------------------------- Check ESP-IDF debug adapter requirements.txt ------------------------------------------
Check Debug AdapterPython packages Python requirements are satisfied.
---------------------------------------------------- Visual Studio Code launch.json --------------------------------------------------------
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "espidf",
"name": "Launch",
"request": "launch"
}
]
}
---------------------------------------------------- Visual Studio Code c_cpp_properties.json ----------------------------------------------
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "ESP-IDF",
"compilerPath": "${config:idf.toolsPath}undefined",
"includePath": [
"${config:idf.espIdfPath}/components/",
"${config:idf.espIdfPathWin}/components/",
"${config:idf.espAdfPath}/components/",
"${config:idf.espAdfPathWin}/components/",
"${workspaceFolder}/"
],
"browse": {
"path": [
"${config:idf.espIdfPath}/components",
"${config:idf.espIdfPathWin}/components",
"${config:idf.espAdfPath}/components/",
"${config:idf.espAdfPathWin}/components/**",
"${workspaceFolder}"
],
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": false
}
}
],
"version": 4
}

---

Extension

esp_idf_vsc_ext.log

Description

Building examples fails. There is no .vscode/settings.json file. I'm working with fresh installation of VSCode and ESP-IDF. Steps taken:

1. Installed VSCode from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
2. Installed prerequisites for ESP-IDF: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/get-started/linux-macos-setup.html
3. Installed ESP-IDF extension for VSCode.
4. Express setup with release/v5.2 version of ESP-IDF

Debug Message

*  Executing task: cmake -G Ninja -DPYTHON_DEPS_CHECKED=1 -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -B /home/paul/uc/blink/build -S /home/paul/uc/blink 

-- Found Git: /usr/bin/git (found version "2.40.1") 
-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
-- The ASM compiler identification is unknown
-- Found assembler: xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc
CMake Error at /home/paul/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:506 (__project):
  The CMAKE_C_COMPILER:

    xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc

  is not a full path and was not found in the PATH.

  Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
  variable "CC" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_C_COMPILER to the full path to
  the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:6 (project)


CMake Error at /home/paul/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:506 (__project):
  The CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:

    xtensa-esp32-elf-g++

  is not a full path and was not found in the PATH.

  Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
  variable "CXX" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the full path
  to the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:6 (project)


CMake Error at /home/paul/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:506 (__project):
  The CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER:

    xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc

  is not a full path and was not found in the PATH.

  Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
  variable "ASM" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER to the full path
  to the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:6 (project)


-- Warning: Did not find file Compiler/-ASM
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

 *  The terminal process "/usr/bin/bash '-c', 'cmake -G Ninja -DPYTHON_DEPS_CHECKED=1 -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -B /home/paul/uc/blink/build -S /home/paul/uc/blink'" terminated with exit code: 1.

Other Steps to Reproduce

No response

I have checked existing issues, online documentation and the Troubleshooting Guide

• I confirm I have checked existing issues, online documentation and Troubleshooting guide.

[brianignacio5]

Can you select an IDF Target with ESP-IDF: Set Espressif device targetcommand and try building again? Also delete your build directory in your project before selecting IDF target.

Seems no access to /.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin? Can you verify this directory exists and xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc is there ?

Settings doesn't need to exist in your project .vscode/settings.json. There are User settings (global for all vscode windows), workspace and workspace folder settings as described in https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings#_settings-precedence

[pauljurczak]

I deleted build, selected my target as esp32 and esp-wrover-kit. I'm getting the same error messages.

That directory doesn't exist:

[pauljurczak]

I removed ~/esp and ~/.espressif folders and configured the extension again, this time choosing v5.1.2 (release version) instead of release/v5.2 (release branch). No problems with building the blink example. Perhaps, there is a problem with v5.2.

[Jefferson-Lopes]

I'm having this problem across multiple computers, some on Ubuntu, others on Windows, and another on Zorin OS(fresh install). The problem I'm having is that sometimes when I download my project from a git repository (without the .vscode folder), sometimes the .vscode is correctly created but sometimes is not. So far I haven't recognized any patterns in this problem.

What sometimes works is deleting the /esp and /.espressif folders and installing the same esp-idf version again.

EDIT: deleting the /build and selecting the target didn't work.