Selecting install from prompt when missing pip fails because pip is not available

[amunger]

1. Install a python interpreter without including pip
2. Select that interpreter as the kernel in vscode and run a cell
3. A prompt shows up saying that IPykernel and pip are required, select install

result:

This happened after deleting the windows app python installation, and installing a new 3.10.5 to replace it.

[rchiodo]

I believe this is by design. You need to have pip available.

This issue is relevant:
microsoft/vscode-python#15937

[amunger]

we shouldn't have an option to install if we know it's going to fail, the installation prompt already says that pip is missing

[amunger]

[rchiodo]

We probably should not have the install button in this case. Without 'pip' we don't want to get pip for the user. They should do it but we need to make that clearer.

[amunger]

I might be in this situation because of a bad python installation, pip should actually be installed

PS C:\src\test\3> python -m pip --version
Error processing line 7 of C:\Users\aamunger\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\pywin32.pth:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Users\aamunger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310_5\lib\site.py", line 186, in addpackage
      exec(line)
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pywin32_bootstrap'

Remainder of file ignored
C:\Users\aamunger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310_5\python.exe: No module named pip

[DonJayamanne]

@IanMatthewHuff I'm taking this as this falls into installation, and kernel startup and the like.

I think the changes to ensure we display (recommend) the right interpeter int the kernel picker will probably alleviate this issue

[DonJayamanne]

Closing as not planned
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