Using Flake8 in VSCode...?

Question

My VSCode is using a locally installed anaconda environment, at the default directory, which places it in Program Files. Because of this I'm unable to install flake8 through VSCode, I get a permission error. If I update my conda environment at the local level to install flake8, does anyone know if VSCode recognize and be able to use the package then?

Solution 1

Usually yeah it will. But if it doesn't work for you, then you can try specifying absolute path to flake8 and enable it explicitly like so :

"python.linting.flake8Enabled": true,  
"python.linting.flake8Path": "path/to/flake8",  

you can even specify path to your conda environment :

"python.condaPath": "path/to/condaenv/",

Solution 2

Have you tried to:

1. ctrl + shift + p
2. write "select linter" then click on it
3. click on flake8

Maybe that helps.

Solution 3

Yes, it will. You'll have to install flake8 into each environment that you specify as an interpreter for a project in VSCode.