I have ever install IDF with shell in ubuntu, but the vscode extension not identify it (VSC-794)

[Yecgaa1]

I have ever set IDF_PATH=$HOME/esp/esp-idf
And I have ever try to set this


I can build but not flash with this extension. If with shell and export.sh, I can do it
I know the reason is that I dont set the path with export.sh
But how I can solve this problem with this extension automatically

[Yecgaa1]

I know this topic so I have set IDF_PATH=$HOME/esp/esp-idf

[brianignacio5]

HI @Yecgaa1 the documentation you cited is the part of the extension setup wizard, where we try to detect an existing setup in $HOME/esp/esp-idf and if found the setup wizard will show the Use existing setup option. The setup wizard appears when you click on menu View -> Command Palette -> search ESP-IDF: Configure ESP-IDF extension.

In the settings documentation we specify that we don't recognize in $HOME in the extension configuration settings. Just replace it with ${env:HOME}/esp/esp-idf.

If you are also manually configuring the extension, please review the Setup documentation for json manual configuration or I'll recommend using the setup wizard for UI configuration by clicking menu View -> Command Palette -> search ESP-IDF: Configure ESP-IDF extension

[Yecgaa1]

Yes，you are right, thanks. And I want to remind others that remember to set the "Python Bin Path" and "Tools Path"