ElixirLS can't find asdf.sh

[warrenseine]

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Environment

• Elixir & Erlang versions (elixir --version): 1.13.2-otp-24 (but that's irrelevant)
• Elixir Language Server version: default included in VS Code plugin
• Operating system: macOS 12.1
• Editor or IDE name (e.g. Emacs/VSCode): VS Code
• Editor Plugin/LSP Client name and version: v0.9.0

Current behavior

ElixirLS VS Code plugin can't find the Elixir binary installed with asdf.

Looking at the code, the plugin expects ~/.asdf/adsf.sh to exist, which is not the case on macOS (anymore?).

On macOS with Homebrew, according to asdf documentation, it is installed in /opt/homebrew/opt/asdf/libexec/asdf.sh. I tried symlinking, and in that case, the script is indeed loaded by VS Code, but breaks later.

Here are the (uninteresting) logs in VS Code Elixir Output panel:

/Users/xxx/.vscode/extensions/jakebecker.elixir-ls-0.9.0/elixir-ls-release/launch.sh: line 73: exec: elixir: not found
[Info  - 9:11:26 AM] Connection to server got closed. Server will restart.

Of course, if I install Elixir directly with Homebrew, the plugin works fine on my environment. It is related to Elixir being installed with asdf.

Expected behavior

According to the documentation, asdf is a supported installation method, so I expect ElixirLS to find the Elixir program installed in ~/.asdf/installs/elixir/1.13.2-otp-24/bin/elixir, and ideally, use the one specified in .tool-versions in the current project.

[warrenseine]

Note that this could perfectly be a bug in asdf or in its Homebrew recipe.

[1oglop1]

Note that this could perfectly be a bug in asdf or in its Homebrew recipe.

I have the same problem, I installed asdf using Linuxbrew. I checked ls "${ASDF_DIR}/asdf.sh" and the env is set. So I'm not sure what's wrong with that script.

PS I'm new to elixir and asdf as well

[lukaszsamson]

asdf working on my machine (macos 11.6.2, zsh)

ls "${ASDF_DIR}/asdf.sh"
/usr/local/Cellar/asdf/0.9.0/libexec/asdf.sh

[warrenseine]

Yes, asdf also works on my machine.

The problem is that VS Code doesn't load my .zprofile (and that's expected!) so it's not aware of the $ASDF_DIR environment variable.

[jurredejongh]

Have you found a way around this problem? I am also struggling with this issue.

[warrenseine]

Yes, don't install asdf from Homebrew. Install it using the Git method.

[kzlsakal]

I was getting this error when I started VS Code from the applications menu on macOS instead of the terminal, which is not something I often do but I was annoyed by the error. I already had the ~/.tool-versions set up.

I solved it by adding the following line to ~/.profile and fully quitting VS Code then starting it:

. $ASDF_DIR/asdf.sh