VSCode Arduino can't find Arduino CLI?

Question

I'm using (trying) the VSCode Arduino extension with arduino-cli. When trying to compile a sketch, it throws this error:

Cannot find Arduino IDE. Please specify the "arduino.path" in the User Settings. Requires a restart after change.

this is the output from arduino-cli version:

arduino-cli.exe  Version: 0.21.1 Commit: 9fcbb392 Date: 2022-02-24T15:41:45Z

and these are all the arduino. settings in settings.json:

{
    "arduino.useArduinoCli": true,
    "arduino.path": " C:\\Users\\[name]\\scoop\\apps\\arduino-cli\\0.21.1",
    "arduino.defaultBaudRate": 9600,
    "arduino.logLevel": "verbose",
    "arduino.commandPath": "arduino-cli.exe"
}

Odd, I had the same issue (also installed via scoop), but forgot to tick the 'useArduinoCli' option in the extension settings. After that, it worked. One thing I can think of: did you do `arduino-cli config init` after installing the CLI? Maybe that makes a difference? — mxt3, Mar 21 '22 at 13:58
Just FYI, I have `"arduino.path": "C:\\Users\\[name]\\scoop\\apps\\arduino-cli\\current","arduino.useArduinoCli": true` and no commandPath. That's all. No idea if that matters. — mxt3, Mar 21 '22 at 16:29
@mxt3 I removed `arduino.commadPath`, and now it works. Thanks! — Tuor, Mar 21 '22 at 20:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 16 '22 at 09:12

I was setting it up today and ran into the same issue. In your case try it with this path:

"arduino.path": " C:\\Users\\[name]\\scoop\\apps\\arduino-cli\\0.21.1\\bin",

I am on fedora and installed the cli with brew and this path is working for me:

/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar/arduino-cli/0.26.0/bin

and I have the Command Path set to:

arduino-cli

hope this works!

VSCode Arduino can't find Arduino CLI?

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