VSCode: There is no Pip installer available in the selected environment

Question

I\'m trying to run the autopep8 linter on a Python file in VSCode.

I\'ve followed the instructions here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments and selec

Answer 1

I had the same problem today, none of the solutions helped me. Eventually, I figured it out myself.

I'm posting this answer for people who are having this problem. Just go to your ./venv folder and you will find a .cfg file.

Just make sure include-system-site-packages is set to true

home = /usr/bin
include-system-site-packages = true
version = 3.8.5

If it still doesn't work, just run sudo install python-3 pip once in the terminal.