Microsoft Python language server Error: spawn EACCES

[muhammad-ammar]

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.25.1
• Extension version: 2018.7.1
• OS and version: Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.5

Actual behavior

Python language server failed to start. And also due this issue my navigation and intellisense for python stopped working.

Expected behavior

Python language server should start without any error and code navigation and intellisense should work as expected.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install the ms-python.python extension and when I open a python file I get the below error

Logs

Starting Microsoft Python language server.
[Error - 23:39:59] Starting client failed
Error: spawn EACCES
	at exports._errnoException (util.js:1050:11)
	at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:319:11)
	at Object.exports.spawn (child_process.js:390:9)
	at _getServerWorkingDir.then.serverWorkingDir (/Users/mammar/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2018.7.1/node_modules/vscode-languageclient/lib/main.js:346:40)
	at <anonymous>

Output from Console under the Developer Tools panel

[DonJayamanne]

Duplicate of #2245