Hi, New user to the new IDE, Version: 2.0.0-rc3 Date: 2021-12-22T15:45:34.768Z CLI Version: 0.20.2 [13783819] Copyright © 2022 Arduino SA running on a Mac, Catalina 10.15.7. I'm having an issue with the sketch > verify/compile option using a NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E), when I do the compile I see …

Hi just looked at the compilation log and saw that the compiler apparently is looking at the root directory for python3, it's not there and it never should be there... /python3 -I /Users/fischp/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/3.0.2/tools/signing.py --mode header --publickey /Use…

[image] fischpj: Where in the IDE is the path to Python set? The short answer is that the installation should be here: /Users/fischp/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/tools/python3/3.7.2-post1/ This part of the error: {runtime.tools.python3.path} is the reference to the property that is pr…

ptillisch, Thank you so much for the instructions! The uninstall and reinstall worked fine and my code now compiles without issue! I did notice that after I completed the uninstall and scrolled to the esp entry in the board manager the default version was 3.0.1, not the 3.0.2 you suggested. I se…

You are welcome. I'm very glad to hear the uninstall/reinstall technique fixed the bad installation. [image] fischpj: after I completed the uninstall and scrolled to the esp entry in the board manager the default version was 3.0.1, not the 3.0.2 you suggested. Yeah, I ran into the same thing…

Arduino 2.0 rc-3 NodeMCU compile can't find python3

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Arduino 2.0 rc-3 NodeMCU compile can't find python3

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