no visual active indication of python environment in linux mint terminal

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i cant figure out why there is no visual indication that the python environment is active, i have created the venv with uv, i have installed the flet framework inside it and i can run the python file without issue but there is no indication in the terminal that it is active after it is activated, i am using Oh-My-Posh customization for my terminal just to add

bashrc config

# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
# for examples

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
case $- in
    *i*) ;;
      *) return;;
esac

# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
# See bash(1) for more options
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth

# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend

# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=2000

# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize

# If set, the pattern "**" used in a pathname expansion context will
# match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
#shopt -s globstar

# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"

# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z "${debian_chroot:-}" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi

# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
case "$TERM" in
    xterm-color|*-256color) color_prompt=yes;;
esac

# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
#force_color_prompt=yes

if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
    # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
    # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
    # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
    color_prompt=yes
    else
    color_prompt=
    fi
fi

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
    PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"
    ;;
*)
    ;;
esac

# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'

    alias grep='grep --color=auto'
    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
fi

# colored GCC warnings and errors
#export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01'

# some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'

# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands.  Use like so:
#   sleep 10; alert
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
    . ~/.bash_aliases
fi

# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if ! shopt -oq posix; then
  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
  fi
fi

#echo "Loading .bashrc"

POSH_THEME="sim-web"

eval "$(oh-my-posh init bash --config /home/kidlinux/.cache/oh-my-posh/themes/$POSH_THEME.omp.json)"

. "$HOME/.cargo/env"

# if [ -z "$TMUX" ]; then
#   tmux attach-session -t main || tmux new-session -s main
# fi

# alias tn='tmux new-session -s'
# alias tl='tmux list-sessions'
# alias ta='tmux attach-session'

alias y='yazi'

# NAVIGATE WITH YAZI SELECT FOLDER AUTO OPEN NVIM AFTER QUIT
nvim-yazi() {
  local chosen=$(yazi --cwd-file=/tmp/yazi-cwd)
  if [ -f /tmp/yazi-cwd ]; then
    cd "$(cat /tmp/yazi-cwd)"
    nvim .
    rm /tmp/yazi-cwd
  fi
}
alias nv='nvim-yazi'

1_shell.omp.json

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/main/themes/schema.json",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "alignment": "left",
      "newline": true,
      "segments": [
        {
          "foreground": "#ffbebc",
          "leading_diamond": "<#ff70a6> \ue200 </>",
          "properties": {
            "display_host": true
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "template": "{{ .UserName }} <#ffffff>on</>",
          "type": "session"
        },
        {
          "foreground": "#bc93ff",
          "properties": {
            "time_format": "Monday <#ffffff>at</> 3:04 PM"
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "template": " {{ .CurrentDate | date .Format }} ",
          "type": "time"
        },
        {
          "foreground": "#ee79d1",
          "properties": {
            "branch_icon": "\ue725 ",
            "fetch_status": true,
            "fetch_upstream_icon": true,
            "fetch_worktree_count": true
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "template": " {{ .UpstreamIcon }}{{ .HEAD }}{{if .BranchStatus }} {{ .BranchStatus }}{{ end }}{{ if .Working.Changed }} \uf044 {{ .Working.String }}{{ end }}{{ if and (.Working.Changed) (.Staging.Changed) }} |{{ end }}{{ if .Staging.Changed }} \uf046 {{ .Staging.String }}{{ end }}{{ if gt .StashCount 0 }} \ueb4b {{ .StashCount }}{{ end }} ",
          "type": "git"
        }
      ],
      "type": "prompt"
    },
    {
      "alignment": "right",
      "segments": [
        {
          "foreground": "#a9ffb4",
          "style": "plain",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "foreground": "#a9ffb4",
          "properties": {
            "style": "dallas",
            "threshold": 0
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "template": " {{ .FormattedMs }}s <#ffffff>\ue601</>",
          "type": "executiontime"
        },
        {
          "properties": {
            "root_icon": "\uf292 "
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "template": " \uf0e7 ",
          "type": "root"
        },
        {
          "foreground": "#94ffa2",
          "style": "diamond",
          "template": " <#ffffff>MEM:</> {{ round .PhysicalPercentUsed .Precision }}% ({{ (div ((sub .PhysicalTotalMemory .PhysicalAvailableMemory)|float64) 1073741824.0) }}/{{ (div .PhysicalTotalMemory 1073741824.0) }}GB)",
          "type": "sysinfo"
        }
      ],
      "type": "prompt"
    },
    {
      "alignment": "left",
      "newline": true,
      "segments": [
        {
          "foreground": "#ffafd2",
          "leading_diamond": "<#00c7fc> \ue285 </><#ffafd2>{</>",
          "properties": {
            "folder_icon": "\uf07b",
            "folder_separator_icon": " \uebcb ",
            "home_icon": "home",
            "style": "agnoster_full"
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "template": " \ue5ff {{ .Path }} ",
          "trailing_diamond": "<#ffafd2>}</>",
          "type": "path"
        },
        {
          "foreground": "#A9FFB4",
          "foreground_templates": ["{{ if gt .Code 0 }}#ef5350{{ end }}"],
          "properties": {
            "always_enabled": true
          },
          "style": "plain",
          "template": " \ue286 ",
          "type": "status"
        }
      ],
      "type": "prompt"
    }
  ],
  "console_title_template": "{{ .Folder }}",
  "transient_prompt": {
    "background": "transparent",
    "foreground": "#FEF5ED",
    "template": "\ue285 "
  },
  "version": 3
}

Re "i am using Oh-My-Posh customization for my terminal just to add": This shouldn't be an aside but the main focus of your question. Maybe show your Oh-My-Posh config, so people can help figuring out what it does or should do, and compare it to what you expect it to. — pmf
– pmf, Commented Oct 25 at 10:41
For troubleshooting purposes, just leave this line in .bashrc and test : eval "$(oh-my-posh init bash --config /home/kidlinux/.cache/oh-my-posh/themes/$POSH_THEME.omp.json)" — Philippe
– Philippe, Commented Oct 25 at 17:33

Diego Torres Milano · Accepted Answer · 2025-10-27 04:28:06Z

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You need an entry similar to this to show the venv

...
 {
          "properties": {
            "cache_duration": "none"
          },
          "template": " \ue235 {{ if .Error }}{{ .Error }}{{ else }}{{ if .Venv }}{{ .Venv }}{{ else }}{{ .Full }}{{ end }}{{ end }}",
          "foreground": "#4584b6",
          "powerline_symbol": "\ue0b0",
          "background": "#ffde57",
          "type": "python",
          "style": "powerline"
  },
 ...

answered Oct 27 at 4:28

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k1dr0ck Oct 27 at 12:18

do i just insert it at the end of the json file?

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