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Using vs code and installed ElixirLS: support and debugger.
And I got an error popped up on start up says
Failed to run ‘elixir’ command. ElixirLS will probably fail to launch. Logged PATH to Development Console.
I think elixir command is in current path
which elixir
/home/user/.asdf/shims/elixir
and
echo $PATH
...........:/home/user/.asdf/shims:.....................
What is my problem?
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axelson
Can you show the full error output? Also what operating system are you using?
NobbZ
How do you start VScode?
It might have a different view to your
PATHthan your shell, especially if you start it from a graphical environment rather from the terminal.Please check the
PATHlogged into the console as explained by the error.Please also check if the error persists when starting VScode from within a terminal that already is in the projects folder if you do not already open it that way. Depending on your operating system/flavor of it, you might need to run one of
vscode .orcode ..freewebwithme
full error output is this.
and I am using manjaro linux
freewebwithme
Yes you are right. Starting vs code from gui only shows error, and starting fro terminal using
code .works fineNobbZ
You probably add
asdfonly to thePATHin your shells RC file.To make it available to your GUI as well you neet to add it to your
.Xprofileor whatever is read by your GUI.cblavier
How can you do it under MacOS ?
Facundo
Same problem for me with Gui on Mac & zsh.
No luck adding
$HOME/.asdf/shimstoPATHneither on$HOME/.zshenvnor$HOME/.zprofilelukaszsamson
$HOME/.zshrcworks for meNobbZ
Your GUI does not care about settings in
.zshenvand.zprofile, both of them are used byzshonly.Though if your installed version of Elixir-LS is recent enough (I think it became added in 0.3.0 or 0.4.0), then
asdfshould be found by it if$HOME/.asdf/asdf.shexists.https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls/blob/3c1085bc90f47141d1286cfabddc834bf3127c51/apps/elixir_ls_utils/priv/launch.sh#L14
Facundo
I saw that as well.
However
asdf.shis not there:I did try creating a link
But failed miserably because the script points to directories relative to the original
asdf.shI have asdf’s lastest version. And, BTW, this started happening to me in a newly migrated Mac (now) using Big Sur