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How do I properly activate a Conda environment in VSCode?

I'm trying to activate a conda environment in VSCode, but when importing modules inside my environment I get a ModuleNotFoundError.

First when I run conda list in the terminal, the packages show up. To "activate" the environment, I selected it from Python: select interpreter in the command palette. When I use conda env list, the correct environment is starred.

Solution

  • Sometimes, after activating a conda environment, I end up using the wrong Python version.

    import sys    
print(sys.executable)

    The correct path should be <CondaPath>/envs/<Env>/bin/python on Linux or <CondaPath>/envs/<Env>/python.exe on Windows.

    I'm not sure why, but reopening the terminal seemed to resolve the issue.