# Problems installing Modern Fortran VS code extension **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 3, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656 "2022-06-03T19:11:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/1 "2022-06-03T19:11:08Z")
Hello, I’ve been very recently encountering problems installing the Modern Fortran extension for Visual Studio code on openSUSE Leap 15.3 . After the failed installation it gives me the following errors: `Linter can't be found in $PATH. Update your settings with a proper path or disable the linter.` `Error launching fortls: Please check that all selected options are supported by your language server version.` `Deprecated settings have been detected in your settings. Please update your settings to make use of the new names. The old names will not work.` Anyone knows how to handle that? Many Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Aurelius\_Nero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Aurelius\_Nero](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Aurelius_Nero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/2 "2022-06-03T23:08:46Z")
try `pip install fortls` and tell me if it manages to install after that ? ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/3 "2022-06-04T08:05:45Z")
Thank you. The `fortls` related error is gone but the other two remain and the installation continues to fail. ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/4 "2022-06-04T09:02:02Z")
Sorry I’ve to say that only the` linter` error has disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Aurelius\_Nero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Aurelius\_Nero](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Aurelius_Nero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/5 "2022-06-04T10:58:01Z")
Try referring to this answer and see if it helps ? > also try looking at this: [https://gnikit.github.io/fortls/editor\_integration.html#visual-studio-code](https://gnikit.github.io/fortls/editor_integration.html#visual-studio-code) If not then , I hope @gnikit will chime in. ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/6 "2022-06-04T13:02:36Z")
Unfortunately neither solution seems to work. The extension has been working for long time and only crashed some weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Aurelius\_Nero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Aurelius\_Nero](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Aurelius_Nero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/7 "2022-06-04T13:04:44Z")
Sorry I wasn’t of much help ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/8 "2022-06-05T15:01:32Z")
Don’t worry. I think it can be related to the new release as it’s been working without issues until a couple weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![scottza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@scottza](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/scottza)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/9 "2022-06-07T11:51:26Z")
I experienced similar behaviour recently on Ubuntu. There was a problem with one of the Python packages that fortls depends on. Luckily it was auto-magically fixed after a few days. Maybe try something like fortls --version at the command prompt to see if it sheds some light on the problem? ---
**Author:** ![gnikit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/gnikit/32/1213_2.png) [@gnikit](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/gnikit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/10 "2022-06-07T16:16:42Z")
Apologies for the delay @Rob777 I have been rather busy and didn’t see this. ## Linter So the linter would refer to `gfortran` or `ifort`. We changed the option ```json "fortran.linter.compilerPath": "" ``` To mean the full path to the compiler you are using for the linter instead of compiler’s root. So now you have to input `/my/custom/dir/gfortran` instead of `/my/custom/dir` if you want to use the non-default compiler version. ## fortls - Language Server Nothing has changed in the language server side of things so I am not sure what that warning is about. Please paste all the options that you are passing the `fortls` along with the version that you are using. ## Deprecated settings A lot of settings have been renamed and some have become obsolete. Please open your Settings to see which ones, they are highlighted with deprecation warnings. ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/11 "2022-06-07T16:51:59Z")
Thank you so much. The field ```auto "fortran.linter.compilerPath": "" ``` was empty so adding the full path to gfortran solved the problem related to linter. Please find in the image below the only two highlighted errors in my settings. ![fortls_settings](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/fortran_lang/original/2X/3/39634fa8e89383fa7dfd03cf152a9510028dcb0d.png) Below is my settings.json : ```auto { "workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark+", "fortran.gfortranExecutable": "/usr/bin/gfortran-11", "fortran.includePaths": [], "editor.fontSize": 16, "fortran.linter.compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gfortran-11", "fortran.fortls.path": "/home/username/.local/bin/fortls", "fortran.linter.extraArgs": [ ], "fortran.formatting.findentArgs": [ ] } ``` Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gnikit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/gnikit/32/1213_2.png) [@gnikit](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/gnikit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/12 "2022-06-07T17:15:06Z")
> [@Rob777](#): > > was empty so adding the full path to gfortran solved the problem related to linter. Good to hear 🙂 * * * If you see in your settings.json 2 of your settings are underlined with yellow color, ``` "fortran.gfortranExecutable": "/usr/bin/gfortran-11", "fortran.includePaths": [], ``` Remove those and the deprecation warnings will go away. ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/13 "2022-06-07T17:18:55Z")
Thank you so much! There’s the fortls warning left… 😅 The path to fortls is correct ```auto user@localhost:~> ls /home/user/.local/bin/fortls /home/user/.local/bin/fortls ``` ---
**Author:** ![gnikit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/gnikit/32/1213_2.png) [@gnikit](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/gnikit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/14 "2022-06-07T17:21:24Z")
what version are you using? fortls --version ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/15 "2022-06-07T17:28:27Z")
Mmm I get this error ```auto u@localhost:~/dev> fortls --version Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/u/.local/bin/fortls", line 5, in from fortls. __init__ import main File "/home/u/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fortls/ __init__.py", line 10, in from .helper_functions import resolve_globs, only_dirs File "/home/u/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fortls/helper_functions.py", line 1 from __future__ import annotations ^ SyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined ``` ---
**Author:** ![gnikit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/gnikit/32/1213_2.png) [@gnikit](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/gnikit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/16 "2022-06-07T18:01:10Z")
You need to have python 3.7 Or higher for fortls to work. I suspect you are using py3.6 which has reached end of life. You can install a higher version of python or download miniconda locally and install fortls through that. If you use miniconda I would still recommend you install fortls with pip and not conda-forge ---
**Author:** ![Rob777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Rob777](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Rob777)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/17 "2022-06-07T18:28:35Z")
Thank you so much! The problem is solved! For anyone using open-suse `sudo zypper in python39` then `pip3.9 install fortls` That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Aurelius\_Nero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Aurelius\_Nero](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Aurelius_Nero)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-modern-fortran-vs-code-extension/3656/18 "2022-06-07T18:35:40Z")
mark it as a solution 🙂