Nodejs is installed in WSL. How to set up the node path ? Thanks

[medmin]

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Hi,

First thing first, thanks for the awesome plugin!

According to the documentation, I need to " Specify the Node.js executable path. for example, C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe".

However, I install nodejs in my WSL, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, to be precise. So, there is not a node path for "node.exe".

But according to the solved issue #46 , your plugin does support WSL.

So, I am confused. How do I use this awesome pluin while I am using WSL and have installed Nodejs in WSL? Thanks.

[jdneo]

Just reset to the setting to the default value, which is node.

Since I believe in the WSL environment, the node executable is in your PATH env already

[medmin]

I guess it may be a path problem:

I've got this:

Error: Cannot find module '/mnt/c/Users/Yumin/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/\mnt\c\Users\Yumin\.vscode\extensions\shengchen.vscode-leetcode-0.15.2\node_modules\vsc-leetcode-cli\bin\leetcode'

This is an obvious wrong path to look for the leetcode command, which has been installed globally.

So, any configuration to override this path ?

[jdneo]

Can you provide your extension settings?

[medmin]

  "leetcode.useWsl": true,
  "leetcode.nodePath": "node",
  "leetcode.defaultLanguage": "javascript",
  "leetcode.showLocked": true,
  "leetcode.showCommentDescription": true,
  "leetcode.outputFolder": "/mnt/d/leetcode",
  "leetcode.workspaceFolder": "/mnt/d/leetcode",

[jdneo]

What if set the "leetcode.outputFolder" to empty?

[medmin]

Still the same error. Weird.

It's the path issue for sure. I guess it is either a minor bug, or a line of configuration.

Is there any way for me to debug it in my local dev enviroment? Thanks.

[jdneo]

@medmin It would be great if you would like to offer some help for this issue. Debugging the extension is very simple, just:

• clone the repo
• run npm install to install the dependencies
• Open the repo in VS Code
• Hit F5 to start a debug session.

That's it.

[jdneo]

@medmin The new release contains a fix of the WSL path issue. Could you have a try to see if the problem solved?