Can't Start Debugging with NRF Connect SDK in VS Code due to arm-zephyr-eabi-gdb-no-py.exe

[jnenick]

Hey everyone, I looked all over and could not find any solution to my problem.

Could not start GDB process, does the program exist in filesystem?
Error: spawn d:\Tools\ncs\toolchains\v2.2.0\opt\zephyr-sdk\arm-zephyr-eabi\bin\arm-zephyr-eabi-gdb-no-py.exe ENOENT

The info I found suggested I need to install python 3.8.  I already had python installed but I installed this specific version with chocolatey and then I installed it using the normal installer, no change.  I tried creating new projects from samples and still had the same issue.  If I could just find where nrf connect tries to launch the debugger from i could force it to use the 'py' versio though maybe it's only in binary form so I can't troubleshoot in that way.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Kenneth]

Hello,

It's not clear to me how you have installed nRF Connect SDK here, make sure to follow:
https://academy.nordicsemi.com/courses/nrf-connect-sdk-fundamentals/ 
https://academy.nordicsemi.com/topic/exercise-1-1/ (in specific this one)
https://academy.nordicsemi.com/topic/exercise-2-1/ 

After installing through toolchain manager, you can find the environment is setup by opening as shown here:

Kenneth