Troubles installing ESP-IDF on Visual Studio Code

[Giulio Buccini]

Hello everybody,

I'm using Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) and I cannot properly install the ESP-IDF extension on the Visual Code Editor.
I always get errors in the lower output window (see the attached screenshot):

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/bin/sh: 1: ninja: not found
Command failed: ninja --version
/bin/sh: 1: ninja: not found
Error checking ninja version
Error: Command failed: ninja --version
/bin/sh: 1: ninja: not found

/bin/sh: 1: openocd: not found
Command failed: openocd --version
/bin/sh: 1: openocd: not found
Error checking openocd-esp32 version
Error: Command failed: openocd --version
/bin/sh: 1: openocd: not found

/bin/sh: 1: cmake: not found
Command failed: cmake --version
....

Any idea what the problem could be?
I've spent many hours on internet trying to find an answer with no success... : ( : (

I have downloaded with success the ESP-IDF 5.0rc1, as well as all of the other libraries. The container directory "/esp" was correctly created in my home folder, with all the stuff placed inside.

Also, Python 3.6 is successfully installed on my system:

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giulio@ubu:/usr/bin$ python3.6 -V
Python 3.6.3

Any clue?

[Giulio Buccini]

Problem solved on my Ubuntu 16.04.
I stubbornly tried to update python3.6 all night long, until 4:00 in the morning...
At the end I installed Python 3.8.1... it has worked! (See image below.)
All of the ESP-IDF extensions was installed without problems.

Just follow the steps here:

https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to ... ntu-16-04/

just substitute "3.8.1" everytime you read "3.6.3" on the page. That's all.
No need to tweak any file, no need to configure SSL. Nothing.

[noweare]

esp-idf installs python under my home/user/.espressif/python_env directory
It does not use the system python. But good that you got it going.

For install in vscode I always install completely as stated in getting started in read the docs on espressif site.
After that I go into vscode and finish the installation for vscode.