How to use a remote python interpreter in remote development - ssh in VSCode

Question

Microsoft recently released remote development support for SSH.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh

However, in python, if you click "select python interpreter". The interpreter available to be chosen is only for a set of python interpreters in anaconda.

The interpreter available to be chosen are in:

~/anaconda3/*
/usr/bin/python

I have a custom python interpreter in a custom location. My interpreter is in ~/projects/myproject/bin/python

How do we configure a remote python interpreter by giving it a path?

Note: I have configured setting.json

"python.pythonPath": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/python",

But it does not seem to respect it

Add "python": "path/to/python" in launch.json

Sheng-yi Hsu
– Sheng-yi Hsu

2022-06-11 10:29:45 +00:00
Commented Jun 11, 2022 at 10:29 — Sheng-yi Hsu
– Sheng-yi Hsu, Commented Jun 11, 2022 at 10:29

Pav K. · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-05 18:41:49Z

1

managed to make it work with

update vscode
my files:

# settings.json
{
  "python.pythonPath": "/custom/bin/python"
}

# launch.json
"configurations": [
  {
    "name": "Python: Current File",
    "type": "python",
    "request": "launch",
    "program": "${file}",
    "console": "integratedTerminal",
    "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}"
  },
...

restarted vscode
F1 -> select Interpreter

answered Jun 5, 2019 at 18:41

Pav K.

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mkohler Over a year ago

For me, using the Microsoft "Remote - SSH" package, I just needed to switch the python interpreter from the server default by doing F1 -> Python: Select Interpreter

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