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Hello,

I am using Windows 10, Eclipse Version Version: 2024-09 (4.33.0), Python 3.13.0 and the ESP-IDF Eclipse Plugin Version: 3.1.0.202410070705.

The ESP-IDF-Manager correctly finds the paths of Python and git executables.
After downloading many things the installation process stops always aborts with the following message:

• Cannot import module "click". This usually means that "idf.py" was not spawned within an ESP-IDF shell environment or the python virtual environment used by "idf.py" is corrupted.
  Please use idf.py only in an ESP-IDF shell environment. If problem persists, please try to install ESP-IDF tools again as described in the Get Started guide.

I have checked it for the version ESP-IDF version v5.3.1 and Master.

Any ideas?

Kind regards,
Roman

Hello,

I found 2 related things.

1.
The last error message in the Eclipse Console is as follows:

• Executing C:\Users\Edmundo\.espressif\python_env\idf5.3_py3.13_env/Scripts/python.exe d:\tools\eclipseidf\esp-idf-v5.3.1\tools\idf.py --list-targets
  Cannot import module "click". This usually means that "idf.py" was not spawned within an ESP-IDF shell environment or the python virtual environment used by "idf.py" is corrupted.
  Please use idf.py only in an ESP-IDF shell environment. If problem persists, please try to install ESP-IDF tools again as described in the Get Started guide.
  Cannot import module "click". This usually means that "idf.py" was not spawned within an ESP-IDF shell environment or the python virtual environment used by "idf.py" is corrupted.
  Please use idf.py only in an ESP-IDF shell environment. If problem persists, please try to install ESP-IDF tools again as described in the Get Started guide.

As shown the command idf.py --list-targets is called with the complete path of python.exe.

If I open a configured and running ESP-IDF 5.3 PowerShell (installed with the offline manual install method) and start a simple idf.py it works as expected. Add the complete path as it is done in Eclipse fails with the same error.
So I assume that it s

• # simple idf.py
  PS C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-idf-v5.3.1> idf.py --list-targets
  esp32
  esp32s2
  esp32c3
  esp32s3
  esp32c2
  esp32c6
  esp32h2
  esp32p4
  
  # complete path to idf.py
  PS C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-idf-v5.3.1> C:\Users\Roman\.espressif\python_env\idf5.3_py3.13_env/Scripts/python.exe d:\tools\eclipseidf\esp-idf-v5.3.1\tools\idf.py --list-targets
  Cannot import module "click". This usually means that "idf.py" was not spawned within an ESP-IDF shell environment or the python virtual environment used by "idf.py" is corrupted.
  Please use idf.py only in an ESP-IDF shell environment. If problem persists, please try to install ESP-IDF tools again as described in the Get Started guide.

2.
The same error happens in Espressif-IDE if an existing ESP-IDF is imported by with the IDF Manager.
I have a running VSCODE based ESP installation and also the manual ESP Offline installation that includes the Eclipse based Espressif-IDE.
If I try to add the existing VSCODE ESP-IDF from inside the IDF Manager of the Expressif IDE by "Choose existing ESP-Directory" i get the same red marked error message shown above shortly appears but the process does not stop.
At the end I see the requested ESP targets.

My assumption: The problem is that idf.py is called with the complete path.

Many thanks for reading this and best regards,
Edmundo