set up Ironpython environment in Visual Studio 2017

Question

_{Monday, October 23, 2017 6:56 PM}

help! does anyone know how to set up Ironpython environment in Visual Studio 2017. from my VS2017 Python Environments window, I can only see Anaconda. 

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_{Tuesday, October 24, 2017 7:12 AM | 1 vote}

Hi,

Welcome to MSDN forum.

You need to download it and install it separately from Github. After you have successfully installed it you need to check the created environment at Visual Studio 2017. If the IronPython 2.7 environment is not properly set then you have to do it manually.

Refer: /en-us/visualstudio/python/python-environments#creating-an-environment-for-an-existing-interpreter

Best regards,

Joyce

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_{Saturday, June 2, 2018 9:19 AM}

I got the same issue

this might sound stupid, but how do i install it?, i downloaded and installed Ironpython 2.7, downloaded the files from github, copied them everywhere, created a custom environment in VS2017 and nothing...

please help.

Best Regards,

Fernando

Together we can

_{Monday, June 25, 2018 7:31 PM}

open your VS 2017 Community installer and check Python, then click Modify and let it install

_{Wednesday, August 8, 2018 3:47 AM | 1 vote}

Hi,

I have the same issue and I have downloaded the IronPython related files from Github. However, I have no idea how to install IronPython (which files to use or the proper directory for this IronPython folder).

The folder name is named as "ironpython2-master" (Sorry that I could not embed the image in this question as my account has not been verified).

I would appreciate if there is some guide in installing and creating the environment for Visual Studio 2017 for the checkbox to be available in the list of python environments.

Thank you.

_{Sunday, November 25, 2018 11:14 PM}

I am absolutely amazed, myself, that IronPython was practically made for Visual Studio, yet it is so goddamn hard to get it working and there is no coherent documentation on this topic.

_{Wednesday, January 9, 2019 2:05 AM}

install through Nuget Package Manager inside visual studio 

https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPython/2.7.9

_{Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:28 PM}

Download the msi - Here

Right click Python Environments in Solution Explorer and select "View All Python Environments"

Click custom

Description - IronPython

Prefix Prefix path - Browse to where have installed e.g C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.7

( Note that Auto Detect does not auto detect )

Interpreter path - e.g C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.7\ipy.exe or ipy32.exe

Windowed Interpreter - e.g C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.7\ipyw.exe or ipyw32.exe

Language Version - 2.7 as that is what IronPython is compatible with

Architecture - 64/32 depending upon the exes you chose earlier

Path Environment Variable - I have kept the default PYTHONPATH ( The install did not set this environment variable )

Apply

_{Tuesday, March 26, 2019 5:58 AM}

Your instructions are hilarious to me.  I just installed Visual Studio 2017 and the solution explorer is a plain empty window with no menu items nor icons to press, outside of a property icon,  ie there is no "View All Python Environments".  It's kind of typical for Microsoft.  Their UIs are always changing,  getting more complicated and annoying to use.

Yes I also installed Iron Python and I still have no idea how to add it to Visual Studio.

Actually I take it all back.  After installing Iron Python it does look like there is a project type for Iron Python.  Didn't need any specific install procedure for it.