[Bug Report] Isaac Lab PIP Installation and Vscode Setup

[Mayankm96]

Discussed in #620

^{Originally posted by evanzijianhe July 2, 2024}
I installed the Isaac Sim by using pip install method, and also installed the Isaac Lab following the instruction. I was able to run the testing code to verify the installation. However, I have some questions regarding Vscode setup:

1. Do we still need to run the setup_python_env in the IsaacLab and IsaacLabExtensionTemplate if I was using pip install? I tried, it was impossible to properly execute it, because _isaac_sim symbolic link was missed. Does it mean we still need to install the IsaacSim using omniuniverse-launch and setup path for _isaac_sim?
2. Can we install IsaacSim use both pip and pre-built binaries methods?
3. When I import functions from omni.isaac.lab class, those function are unknown( but program can be executed). Is this normal?
   

Can someone helped to answer those questions? Thank you very much!

[evanzijianhe]

Hi Mayank. Thanks for your helps. I have tested this fix. There was no .vscode fold in the isaacsim fold in anaconda, so I could not find anaconda3/envs/isaaclab/lib/python3.10/site-packages/isaacsim/.vscode/settings.json.

However, I found that the settings.json file exits in the isaacsim/extscache/omni.kit.window.extensions/ext_template/vscode, so I manually created a .vscode fold in the root of isaacsim folder and copy the settings.json to here. Then, everything is fine.

[Mayankm96]

@evanzijianhe PR #631 should solve the issue here.

[toenails6]

I don't think this has been fixed yet, not for windows 11 isaac sim conda pip install at least.

I also tried the quoted method, does not work either, just says 'Setting up vscode settings' and then nothing. But, relevant packages still show with warnings to cannot find relevant modules in vscode.

Hi Mayank. Thanks for your helps. I have tested this fix. There was no .vscode fold in the isaacsim fold in anaconda, so I could not find anaconda3/envs/isaaclab/lib/python3.10/site-packages/isaacsim/.vscode/settings.json.

However, I found that the settings.json file exits in the isaacsim/extscache/omni.kit.window.extensions/ext_template/vscode, so I manually created a .vscode fold in the root of isaacsim folder and copy the settings.json to here. Then, everything is fine.