VSCode Error: The terminal process failed to launch: Path to shell executable "/usr/bin/tmux" does not exist

Question

After VScode installation, when I tried to open my integrated terminal window, each time I am getting error mentioned in the title.

I don't know what is the correct path to shell-executable. Before VSCode installation, the only change I done in terminal is I installed zsh in it.

System Details -

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• VSCode version: 1.53.2

Answer 1

I solved this issue by changing by default shell for vs-code with following steps:

1. Open settings-search in VSCode with Cntr + Shift + p
2. Search for default
3. clicked Terminal: Select Default Shell
4. clicked zsh /usr/bin/zsh, I selected zsh as I recently installed it and like to use it, you can use other terminal options as well.

Thank you.

Answer 2

I had the same issue. I resolved it by changing the path of "terminal.integrated.shell.linux" in the settings.json file. Link : https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/troubleshoot-terminal-launch