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Error while setting Zephyr environment up in VSCode (python7.4-venv?)

fjrg76 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:53:03 GMT

Hi.

I was trying to set Zephyr environment up in VSCode, but there was an error when clicked the Install button in MCUXpresso Installer. Among other things (I was following a short tutorial posted in LinkedIn by NXP) I set Zephyr Developer for installation.

Tutorial: https://www.nxp.com/company/about-nxp/smarter-world-videos/HELLO-WORLD-DEMO-ZEPHYR-VID

The system asked for my password dozens of times (Linux box); however, everytime I got an error when the installer executed this line:

[info] Executing command "pkexec apt -y install python7.4-venv"

Is python7.4 even a thing?

Then I got these messages:

[error] Command pkexec exited with code 100. [error] The python virtual environment module could not be installed. [error] Error occurred while installing Zephyr Python Dependencies: The virtual environment cound not be created. Skipping...

It's not a mispelling. Check this image out:

Any hints? Did I missed something?

Thank you in advanced!

Re: Error while setting Zephyr environment up in VSCode (python7.4-venv?)

AlexandraMaracine — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:39:21 GMT

Hello @fjrg76,

Could you please share a few more details about the issue?

What Linux distribution are you using? You can check by running:

cat /etc/os-release

What installer version are you using? You’ll find this information in the menu on the right, under the About section.

Which Python versions are installed on your system? You can verify by running these commands:

whereis python3
which python3
ls -ls /usr/bin/python*

Thank you,
Alexandra

Re: Error while setting Zephyr environment up in VSCode (python7.4-venv?)

fjrg76 — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:10:23 GMT

Hi! Thanks for your prompt reply. Sorry for the lack of details in the last post.

fjrg76@fjrg76-amd:~$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Linux Mint" VERSION="22.2 (Zara)" ID=linuxmint ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian" PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 22.2" VERSION_ID="22.2" HOME_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.linuxmint.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://linuxmint-troubleshooting-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/" VERSION_CODENAME=zara UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble fjrg76@fjrg76-amd:~$ whereis python3 python3: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/python3 /etc/python3 /usr/share/python3 /usr/share/man/man1/python3.1.gz fjrg76@fjrg76-amd:~$ which python3 /usr/bin/python3 fjrg76@fjrg76-amd:~$ ls -ls /usr/bin/python* 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 nov 12 06:15 /usr/bin/python3 -> python3.12 7832 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8016832 nov 6 07:44 /usr/bin/python3.12 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 nov 6 07:44 /usr/bin/python3.12-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.12-config 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 nov 12 06:15 /usr/bin/python3-config -> python3.12-config 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 945 dic 11 2023 /usr/bin/python3-qr

And for the installer:

MCUXpresso Installer Changelog Version 25.09.179 Improvements -Introduced mechanism to exclude component versions that may lead to compatibility issues.

If you require more information, please don't hesitate.

Re: Error while setting Zephyr environment up in VSCode (python7.4-venv?)

AlexandraMaracine — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:57:21 GMT

Thank you for the additional details @fjrg76!

The MCUXpresso Installer is mistakenly interpreting your python3-qr module as a Python version. We will address this issue in next week’s release. In the meantime, you can apply a temporary workaround by uninstalling the python3-qr module, running the MCUXpresso Installer setup, and then reinstalling the module.

Regards,

Alexandra

Re: Error while setting Zephyr environment up in VSCode (python7.4-venv?)

fjrg76 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:39:05 GMT

Hi!

Such package doesn't exist:

E: No se ha podido localizar el paquete python3-qr

A quick search on Google threw no results for "python3-qr". Did you mean: "python3-qrcode"?

$ dpkg -l | grep python3 | grep qr
ii python3-qrcode 7.4.2-4 all QR Code image generator library - Python 3.x

Re: Error while setting Zephyr environment up in VSCode (python7.4-venv?)

fjrg76 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:59:35 GMT

Ok, the workaround worked!

However, the package to be eliminated is called python3-qrcode. And the program Warpinator was eliminated as well:

$ sudo apt remove python3-qrcode Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho Creando árbol de dependencias... Hecho Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho Los siguientes paquetes se ELIMINARÁN: python3-qrcode warpinator ...

The good news is that I recovered Warpinator after applying the workaround.

Thank you and don't forget to test your releases before you release them