How to get path to virtualenv in Windows?

Question

First of all, i'm using bash in windows. I'm trying to write the correct paths to my virtualenv in VSCode but I must be doing something wrong Any help will be really appreciated! thank you guys!

"python.pythonPath": "C\\Users\\Angel\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\\LocalState\\rootfs\\home\\aquesada\\.local\\share\\virtualenvs\\videoclub_django_new-coDPKRdg\\bin\\python",
"python.linting.pylintPath": "C\\Users\\Angel\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\\LocalState\\rootfs\\home\\aquesada\\.local\\share\\virtualenvs\\videoclub_django_new-coDPKRdg\\bin\\pylint",
"python.venvPath": "C:\\Users\\Angel\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\\LocalState\\rootfs\\home\\aquesada\\.local\\share\\virtualenvs"

Your `pythonPath` and `pylintPath` need `C:\\` at the start – C.Nivs Jan 02 '19 at 17:49 — C.Nivs, Jan 02 '19 at 17:49
you're right! thank you! but still not working :( – AngelQuesada Jan 02 '19 at 17:59 — AngelQuesada, Jan 02 '19 at 17:59

Zach Valenta · Answer 1 · 2019-01-02T20:30:51.570

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virtual env as environmental variable

A virtual environment will set an environmental variable.

In Windows, you should be able to view that variable via echo %VIRTUAL_ENV%

In your Python code, you can grab that env var via os.environ['VIRTUAL_ENV']

VS Code config

python.venvPath should work. A few more things for you to try:

adjust path formatting: a single backslash as delimiter should work; AFAIK Windows only requires two consecutive backslashes at the start of the path
restart VS Code after updating configuration
use the Command Palette to select the Python interpreter from your virtual environment

edited Jan 02 '19 at 20:30

answered Jan 02 '19 at 17:51

Zach Valenta

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Thank you Zach! but I still don't know what I can do with that – AngelQuesada Jan 02 '19 at 18:02
Gotcha. I misinterpreted your question; I thought you were trying to use the path to the virtual env to do something in your Python code. – Zach Valenta Jan 02 '19 at 18:48
what should i write in my path? – AngelQuesada Jan 02 '19 at 19:47
updated for more info about adjustment you can make to your path string – Zach Valenta Jan 02 '19 at 20:31
Not working, there must be something i'm missing. Thank you anyway Zach – AngelQuesada Jan 02 '19 at 21:13

How to get path to virtualenv in Windows?

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