extension defaulting to /usr/bin/python3, but using /usr/local/bin/python

[nick-youngblut]

When I try to run my Shiny python app with the extension via the run button, I get the following:

/usr/bin/python3 -m shiny run --port 45287 --reload "/workspaces/MY_APP/app.py"
/usr/bin/python3: No module named shiny

The extension is defaulting to /usr/bin/python3, but I'm using the /usr/local/bin/ python install.

I don't see any docs on changing the path used by the extension for running shiny run. It would be helpful to have more docs on changing the extension settings.

For reference, my VS Code .devcontainer.json file:

{
    "name": "MY_APP",
    "build": {
        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
        "context": ".."
    },
    "extensions": [
        "github.copilot",
        "github.copilot-chat",
        "ms-python.python",
        "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
        "codezombiech.gitignore",
        "Gruntfuggly.todo-tree",
        "redhat.vscode-yaml",
        "george-alisson.html-preview-vscode",
        "posit.shiny-python"
    ],
    "settings": {
        "python.linting.enabled": true,
        "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
        "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "basic",
        "python.analysis.diagnosticSeverityOverrides": {
            "reportUnusedFunction": "none"
        }
    },
    "features": {
        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
        "version": "latest"
        }
    }
}

My dockerfile:

FROM python:3.9-slim

WORKDIR /app

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    build-essential \
    curl \
    software-properties-common \
    git \
    libpq-dev \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

COPY ../requirements.txt ./

RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt

[jcheng5]

Thanks for the feedback. We use whatever Python interpreter the VS Code Python extension has selected. You can change this by using the "Python: Select Interpreter" command. I'll add a note for this in the docs.