Error while downloading build tools

[edg2411]

Hi Im having an issue while trying to install pioarduino

PS > pio run
Processing esp32dev (board: esp32dev; framework: arduino; platform: https://github.com/pioarduino/platform-espressif32/releases/download/stable/platform-espressif32.zip)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tool Manager: Installing https://github.com/pioarduino/esp_install/releases/download/v5.1.0/esp_install-v5.1.0.zip
Unpacking [####################################] 100%
Tool Manager: tool-esp_install@5.1.0 has been installed!
idf_tools.py installation failed
idf_tools.py installation failed
Tool Manager: Installing https://github.com/pioarduino/registry/releases/download/0.0.1/esptoolpy-v5.0.2.zip
Unpacking [####################################] 100%
Tool Manager: tool-esptoolpy@5.0.2 has been installed!
idf_tools.py installation failed
idf_tools.py installation failed
idf_tools.py installation failed
Verbose mode can be enabled via -v, --verbose option
idf_tools.py installation failed
idf_tools.py installation failed
idf_tools.py installation failed
PYTHONEXE updated to penv environment: C:\Users\sopor.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe
error: C:\Users\sopor.platformio\packages\tool-esptoolpy does not appear to be a Python project, as neither pyproject.toml nor setup.py are present in the directory
Warning: Failed to install esptool: Command '['C:\Users\sopor\.platformio\penv\Scripts\uv.exe', 'pip', 'install', '--quiet', '--python=C:\Users\sopor\.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe', '-e', 'C:\Users\sopor\.platformio\packages\tool-esptoolpy']' returned non-zero exit status 2.

I checked the folder.. If i manually donwload the tool-esp_install and the tool-esptoolpy the files seems to be ok
but when doing pio run it re-install them wrongly
after that i have just 3 files on tool-esptoolpy

• .piopm
• package.json
• tools.json
  while in the
  tool-esp_install
  i have the tools folder
  the esp_idf_version.h
  LICENSE and package.json
  something i found also is that the tools.json in the tools folder is empty..

Any help will be appreciated! Thank you in advance

[Jason2866]

Not an issue from the VSC extension. The installer form the pioarduino Platform espressif32 did fail
Make sure to have an actual Python >3.9 and it is not from Microsoft Store.
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