I am using Python 3.7 on windows. I installed Pycharm and successfully wrote a script which I am now trying to schedule using Windows Task Scheduler, which comes with its on set of complications. One thing I have noticed about Pycharm is I think it has created a separate file directory to store any packages I add to a script (maybe in something called "venv"? Instead of using the User/Python37/Scripts file.
This means when I try to run my script in the command prompt, python.exe looks for packages and cannot find them. Also if I go into my Pycharm project folder is see another instance of a Python Application file different than the Python Application stored in User/Python37. I think this also creates problems but I am not 100% sure.
I am hoping someone has seen this issue and can help me align where Pycharm stores packages. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You can also simply add your script/package into your python path.
For that follow this awser : How to add to the PYTHONPATH in Windows, so it finds my modules/packages?
PyCharm creates a virtual environment (venv) where you can keep the python version and the libraries used in a specific project.
You can add libraries to the specific environment through the Pycharm GUI:
File > Settings > Project: Patterns > Project Interpreter > Install (green +)
Find your package and click Install Package in your venv.
You can see all the installed packages and their version in the path:
File > Settings > Project: Patterns > Project Interpreter
You can also use pip install, if you want to go through CLI, but be sure to use the virtual environment's pip (located in project_folder/venv/Scripts).
If for some reason you want to use the python version outside the virtual environment, go to the following path in PyCharm:
File > Settings > Project: Patterns > Project Interpreter
In the Project interpeter dropdown menu, you should find other python's location; choose the one you prefear. If you don't see your standard python version (usually in C:\python\python.exe, or something similar), you can add it by clicking on the settings menu, and specify the path to the desired python version in Base interpreter:.
In this window, you can find other settings to configure the interpreter as you want.
I'm highly confused about this. Python3 is installed per default on the MacBook.
which python3 will output /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3
Great, so that's my SDK to put into IntelliJ IDEA, one should think.
I have the Python plugin for IDEA. However, I can't run Python files. So I try to change the configuration and set it to the above PATH for the Python interpreter.
However, still nothing. Trying to run the Python file inside IDEA will prompt a new configuration?
I can run the script just file doing python3 script.py in the terminal? I know the path for the Python3 library, yet, IDEA doesn't recognise it at all and doesn't save the configuration.
What am I doing wrong in this process? This should be fairly easy to set up but turns out it isn't :)
I even tried to create a Python 3.6.2 virtual environment with the IDEA internal tool - same thing? It doesn't allow me to run the Python3 script from inside IDEA.
Should I use python from usr/bin/python? If I cd there, I can see Python3. But inside IDEA, i only have access to Python2..
After installing Python 3.8.1 via pyenv which I now recommend over using Homebrew (see https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv), I did the following to add this version to IntelliJ IDEA.
Close all open projects. This will display the Welcome to IntelliJ IDEA window listing recent projects along the left.
Click on Configure -> Structure for New Projects
Click on SDKs under Platform Settings along the left
Click on the + sign above the SDK list and select Python SDK
From the Add Python Interpreter window, select System Interpreter
Click on the ... button to the right of the Interpreter drop down and browse to $HOME/.pyenv/versions/3.8.1/bin/python. Replace 3.8.1 with the desired Python version if you want to configure another version.
Updated for IntelliJ IDEA 2019.3.3
Try this in menu of IDEA: File -> Settings -> Project: Name of project -> Project Interpreter and from above in the window you can choice interpreter version or virtualenv.
My PyCharm 5.0.1 installation does not resolve references to any builtin modules or methods:
As you can see, I have installed python over cygwin.
I already tried:
reinstalling / updating the python installation (from 2.7.9 to 2.7.10)
reinstalling pycharm
adding a interpreter path to the python-skeletons in the pycharm installation directory (this was immediately removed by the ide when saving the settings, implying, that it already is embedded)
removing the interpreter (this removes the warnings, but also the code completion, and import asdflkjasd is valid as well)
adding various paths like /lib/python2.7/site-packages/ to the interpreter packages option
None of these improved the situation.
How can I fix this without installation outside of cygwin alltogether?
This is an update with a much better solution than my previous answer (which I completely missed that OP was asking for a solution that didn't require exactly what I suggested).
Like Carl commented above, updating python-skeletons is actually the way to go, however, if you're using Cygwin, the interpreter paths are a little wonky, and PyCharm won't always automatically add the right paths. For me, PyCharm handled it just fine in version 4.5.4, but not 5.0.4.
You'll find the python builtins in your Pycharm config directory, probably at:
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.PyCharm50\system\python_stubs\-[RANDOM_STRING_OF_NUMBERS]
Just manually add this path (or paths) to your interpreter and it should resolve your problem. You can do the same for your site-packages folder if that's currently polluting your project structure space.
To get to the right menu:
Click File -> Settings
Navigate to Project -> Project Interpreter
Click the gear on the top right and click "More"
Select your interpreter and click the "Show paths" button on the right
Instead of clicking refresh, as many other posts suggest, click the "Add" button on the right and add your paths
There's a handy screenshot uploaded by r---------k on the updating python-skeletons post that if that helps you.
Try installing the Python package for Windows from
http://www.python.org/download/windows and point PyCharm to that
interpreter instead.
Settings -> Project -> Project Interpreter -> Gear -> Add Local
You may also need to install PyCharm's Python packaging tools (you
should see a link on the bottom of the Project Interpreter page if it
isn't installed already).
While this may not be a perfect solution depending on your workflow
because PyCharm will no longer be using Cygwin's python interpreter,
but this at least got rid of those pesky squiggly red underlines for
me.
I use Windows 10 x64, Python 3.5.1 and PyCharm Community Edition 2016.1.4
I have the same problem and sovled it by runnig PyCharm in admin mode (it is required only once).
I'm having trouble with using 'requests' module on my Mac. I use python34 and I installed 'requests' module via pip. I can verify this via running installation again and it'll show me that module is already installed.
15:49:29|mymac [~]:pip install requests
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): requests in /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages
Although I can import 'requests' module via interactive Python interpreter, trying to execute 'import requests' in PyCharm yields error 'No module named requests'. I checked my PyCharm Python interpreter settings and (I believe) it's set to same python34 as used in my environment. However, I can't see 'requests' module listed in PyCharm either.
It's obvious that I'm missing something here. Can you guys advise where should I look or what should I fix in order to get this module working? I was living under impression that when I install module via pip in my environment, PyCharm will detect these changes. However, it seems something is broken on my side ...
In my case, using a pre-existing virtualenv did not work in the editor - all modules were marked as unresolved reference (running naturally works, as this is outside of the editor's config, just running an external process (not so easy for debugging)).
Turns out PyCharm did not add the site-packages directory... the fix is to manually add it.
On Pycharm professional 2022.3
Open File -> Settings -> Python Interpreter, open the drop-down and pick "Show All..." (to edit the config) (1), right click your interpreter (2), click "Show Interpreter Paths" (3).
In that screen, manually add the "site-packages" directory of the virtual environment [looks like .../venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (4) (I've added the "Lib" also, for a good measure); once done and saved, they will turn up in the interpreter paths.
The other thing that won't hurt to do is select "Associate this virtual environment with the current project", in the interpreter's edit box.
If you are using PyCharms CE (Community Edition), then click on:
File->Default Settings->Project Interpreter
See the + sign at the bottom, click on it. It will open another dialog with a host of modules available. Select your package (e.g. requests) and PyCharm will do the rest.
This issue arises when the package you're using was installed outside of the environment (Anaconda or virtualenv, for example). In order to have PyCharm recognize packages installed outside of your particular environment, execute the following steps:
Go to
Preferences -> Project -> Project Interpreter -> 3 dots -> Show All ->
Select relevant interpreter -> click on tree icon Show paths for the selected interpreter
Now check what paths are available and add the path that points to the package installation directory outside of your environment to the interpreter paths.
To find a package location use:
$ pip show gym
Name: gym
Version: 0.13.0
Summary: The OpenAI Gym: A toolkit for developing and comparing your reinforcement learning agents.
Home-page: https://github.com/openai/gym
Author: OpenAI
Author-email: gym#openai.com
License: UNKNOWN
Location: /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages
...
Add the path specified under Location to the interpreter paths, here
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages
Then, let indexing finish and perhaps additionally reopen your project.
Open python console of your pyCharm. Click on Rerun.
It will say something like following on the very first line
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 /Applications/PyCharm.app/Contents/helpers/pydev/pydevconsole.py 52631 52632
in this scenario pyCharm is using following interpretor
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
Now fire up console and run following command
sudo /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7 -m pip install <name of the package>
This should install your package :)
Pycharm is unable to recognize installed local modules, since python interpreter selected is wrong. It should be the one, where your pip packages are installed i.e. virtual environment.
I had installed packages via pip in Windows. In Pycharm, they were neither detected nor any other Python interpreter was being shown (only python 3.6 is installed on my system).
I restarted the IDE. Now I was able to see python interpreter created in my virtual environment. Select that python interpreter and all your packages will be shown and detected. Enjoy!
Using dual python 2.7 and 3.4 with 2.7 as default, I've always used pip3 to install modules for the 3.4 interpreter, and pip to install modules for the 2.7 interpreter.
Try this:
pip3 install requests
This is because you have not selected two options while creating your project:-
** inherit global site packages
** make available to all projects
Now you need to create a new project and don't forget to tick these two options while selecting project interpreter.
The solution is easy (PyCharm 2021.2.3 Community Edition).
I'm on Windows but the user interface should be the same.
In the project tree, open External libraries > Python interpreter > venv > pyvenv.cfg.
Then change:
include-system-site-packages = false
to:
include-system-site-packages = true
Before going further, I want to point out how to configure a Python interpreter in PyCharm: [SO]: How to install Python using the "embeddable zip file" (#CristiFati's answer). Although the question is for Win, and has some particularities, configuring PyCharm is generic enough and should apply to any situation (with minor changes).
There are multiple possible reasons for this behavior.
1. Python instance mismatch
Happens when there are multiple Python instances (installed, VEnvs, Conda, custom built, ...) on a machine. Users think they're using one particular instance (with a set of properties (installed packages)), but in fact they are using another (with different properties), hence the confusion. It's harder to figure out things when the 2 instances have the same version (and somehow similar locations)
Happens mostly due to environmental configuration (whichever path comes 1st in ${PATH}, aliases (on Nix), ...)
It's not PyCharm specific (meaning that it's more generic, also happens outside it), but a typical PyCharm related example is different console interpreter and project interpreter, leading to confusion
The fix is to specify full paths (and pay attention to them) when using tools like Python, PIP, .... Check [SO]: How to install a package for a specific Python version on Windows 10? (#CristiFati's answer) for more details
This is precisely the reason why this question exists. There are 2 Python versions involved:
Project interpreter: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4
Interpreter having the Requests module: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4
well, assuming the 2 paths are not somehow related (SymLinked), but in latest OSX versions that I had the chance to check (Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey) this doesn't happen (by default)
When dealing with this kind of error, it always helps (most likely) displaying the following information (in a script or interpreter console):
import os
import sys
print(sys.executable)
print(sys.version)
print(os.getcwd())
print(getattr(os, "uname", lambda: None)())
print(sys.path)
2. Python's module search mechanism misunderstanding
According to [Python.Docs]: Modules - The Module Search Path:
When a module named spam is imported, the interpreter first searches for a built-in module with that name. These module names are listed in sys.builtin_module_names. If not found, it then searches for a file named spam.py in a list of directories given by the variable sys.path. sys.path is initialized from these locations:
The directory containing the input script (or the current directory when no file is specified).
PYTHONPATH (a list of directory names, with the same syntax as the shell variable PATH).
The installation-dependent default (by convention including a site-packages directory, handled by the site module).
A module might be located in the current dir, or its path might be added to ${PYTHONPATH}. That could trick users into making them believe that the module is actually installed in the current Python instance ('s site-packages). But, when running the current Python instance from a different dir (or with different ${PYTHONPATH}) the module would be missing, yielding lots of headaches
For a fix, check [SO]: How PyCharm imports differently than system command prompt (Windows) (#CristiFati's answer)
3. A PyCharm bug
Not very likely, but it could happen. An example (not related to this question): [SO]: PyCharm 2019.2 not showing Traceback on Exception (#CristiFati's answer)
To fix, follow one of the options from the above URL
4. A glitch
Not likely, but mentioning anyway. Due to some cause (e.g.: HW / SW failure), the system ended up in an inconsistent state, yielding all kinds of strange behaviors
Possible fixes:
Restart PyCharm
Restart the machine
Recreate the project (remove the .idea dir from the project)
Reset PyCharm settings: from menu select File -> Manage IDE Settings -> Restore Default Settings.... Check [JetBrains]: Configuring PyCharm settings or [JetBrains.IntelliJ-Support]: Changing IDE default directories used for config, plugins, and caches storage for more details
Reinstall PyCharm
Needless to say that the last 2 options should only be attempted as a last resort, and only by experts, as they might mess up other projects and not even fix the problem
Not directly related to the question, but posting:
[SO]: Run / Debug a Django application's UnitTests from the mouse right click context menu in PyCharm Community Edition? (a PyCharm related investigation from a while ago)
[SO]: ImportError: No module named win32com.client (#CristiFati's answer)
If you go to pycharm project interpreter -> clicked on one of the installed packages then hover -> you will see where pycharm is installing the packages. This is where you are supposed to have your package installed.
Now if you did sudo -H pip3 install <package>
pip3 installs it to different directory which is /usr/local/lib/site-packages
since it is different directory from what pycharm knows hence your package is not showing in pycharm.
Solution: just install the package using pycharm by going to File->Settings->Project->Project Interpreter -> click on (+) and search the package you want to install and just click ok.
-> you will be prompted package successfully installed and you will see it pycharm.
If any one faces the same problem that he/she installs the python packages but the PyCharm IDE doesn't shows these packages then following the following steps:
Go to the project in the left side of the PyCharm IDE then
Click on the venv library then
Open the pyvenv.cfg file in any editor then
Change this piece of code (include-system-site-packages = flase) from false to true
Then save it and close it and also close then pycharm then
Open PyCharm again and your problem is solved.
Thanks
This did my head in as well, and turns out, the only thing I needed to do is RESTART Pycharm. Sometimes after you've installed the pip, you can't load it into your project, even if the pip shows as installed in your Settings. Bummer.
For Anaconda:
Start Anaconda Navigator -> Enviroments -> "Your_Enviroment" -> Update Index -> Restart IDE.
Solved it for me.
After pip installing everything I needed. I went to the interpreter and re-pointed it back to where it was at already.
My case: python3.6 in /anaconda3/bin/python using virtualenv...
Additionally, before I hit the plus "+" sign to install a new package. I had to deselect the conda icon to the right of it. Seems like it would be the opposite, but only then did it recognize the packages I had/needed via query.
In my case the packages were installed via setup.py + easy_install, and the they ends up in *.egg directories in site_package dir, which can be recognized by python but not pycharm.
I removed them all then reinstalled with pip install and it works after that, luckily the project I was working on came up with a requirements.txt file, so the command for it was:
pip install -r ./requirement.txt
I just ran into this issue in a brand new install/project, but I'm using the Python plugin for IntelliJ IDEA. It's essentially the same as PyCharm but the project settings are a little different. For me, the project was pointing to the right Python virtual environment but not even built-in modules were being recognized.
It turns out the SDK classpath was empty. I added paths for venv/lib/python3.8 and venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages and the issue was resolved. File->Project Structure and under Platform Settings, click SDKs, select your Python SDK, and make sure the class paths are there.
pip install --user discord
above command solves my problem, just use the "--user" flag
I fixed my particular issue by installing directly to the interpreter. Go to settings and hit the "+" below the in-use interpreter then search for the package and install. I believe I'm having the issue in the first place because I didn't set up with my interpreter correctly with my venv (not exactly sure, but this fixed it).
I was having issues with djangorestframework-simplejwt because it was the first package I hadn't installed to this interpreter from previous projects before starting the current one, but should work for any other package that isn't showing as imported. To reiterate though I think this is a workaround that doesn't solve the setup issue causing this.
If you are having issues with the underlying (i.e. pycharm's languge server) mark everything as root and create a new project. See details: https://stackoverflow.com/a/73418320/1601580 this seems to happy to me only when I install packages as in editable mode with pip (i.e. pip install -e . or conda develop). Details: https://stackoverflow.com/a/73418320/1601580
--WINDOWS--
if using Pycharm GUI package installer works fine for installing packages for your virtual environment but you cannot do the same in the terminal,
this is because you did not setup virtual env in your terminal, instead, your terminal uses Power Shell which doesn't use your virtual env
there should be (venv) before you're command line as shown instead of (PS)
if you have (PS), this means your terminal is using Power Shell instead of cmd
to fix this, click on the down arrow and select the command prompt
select command prompt
now you will get (venv) and just type pip install #package name# and the package will be added to your virtual environment
On windows I had to cd into the venv folder and then cd into the scripts folder, then pip install module started to work
cd venv
cd scripts
pip install module
instead of running pip install in the terminal -> local use terminal -> command prompt
see below image
pycharm_command_prompt_image
In your pycharm terminal run pip/pip3 install package_name
I downloaded Pydev plugin for Eclipse (3.5.2) today on Mac OSX 10.5.8. To be able to use Pydev, I need to configure the interpreter in Eclipse. I am not clear what exactly I need to do here, or what this step does. I want to make sure that when I run programs from Eclipse using Pydev, it uses the Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) I have installed, and can use all the packages that come with EPD. Can someone please tell me simple steps that I need to follow.
If I click on autoconfig, it shows a bunch of folders with the path
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.Framework/Versions/2.5/...
But I know that the Python that came with EPD is version 2.6.4, so autoconfig is not choosing EPD.
Thanks for any help.
UPDATE - solution
If anyone else is interested in learning how to do this, see the first link in the answer by mlvljr below. Use the solution there EXCEPT that as suggested in the solution, Shift+Cmd+G, did not help me see inside the Python.app package. To look inside it, use the "gear" drop down menu in the Finder and choose "Show Package Contents"
Mac OS 10.6.4:
Selecting the interpreter as /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python did not work.
I had to select /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
At least on Windows, this seems to doable via:
[Navigate Eclipse menus] "Window"->"Preferences"->"PyDev"->"Interpreter - Python"-> "New" (which is next to "Auto Config" you tried to use, if I get it right)
[Type or paste into textboxes] "Interpreter Name", "Interpreter Executable"
Click "OK" :))
[UPDATE]
From the Enthought Python Distribution Readme.txt (EPD.mkpg/Contents/Resources/Readme.txt in epd-6.1-1-macosx-i386.dmg EPD disk 32-bit MacOS disk image):
Applications are installed into /Applications/EPD32-6.1
and the underlying Python framework into
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1
So, Interpreter Executable must be:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1/python
You can supply (almost) any Interpreter Name you like. :)
Hope this helps.
[EDIT]
If this does not help, google search for “Error getting info on interpreter” gives the following (the problem may have to do with Eclipse version (older have bugs) and the symlink vs actual path problem):
Installing PyDev on OS X 10.5.2
[Pydev-users] [pydev - Users] mayapy on PyDev Maya Python is running on OSX
Cannot set python interperter in preferences - ID: 1523582 (unfold "comments" there)
For latest versions of Canopy under Mac the correct path seems to be:
/Users/<yourusername>/Library/Enthought/Canopy_32bit/System/bin/python
I tried with ~/.... first but Eclipse didn't seem to like that.
I've had the same luck!
On top of a Mac X Lion I did the following installations:
* Enthought 2.7 (these preconfigures Python 2.7 and a lot of other libraries).
* Aptana Studio 3.03 (not beta) with PyDev preconfigured.
* Finally, and after some troubles I saw that there was some versions of Python installed on my Mac (and I don't remembre when I installed it). I had to choose the version that justus87 says. Put attention on it because its easy to confuse and is a head break!
Remember, the path of the python file is: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.1/bin/python
You need to make sure you point it to the EPD interpreter and not just the regular python 2.7 interpreter. For EPD 7.2 64-bit on mac the path is
"/Library/Frameworks/EPD64.framework/Versions/7.2/bin"
I am running Python 3, so I had to make these changes to get python.exe as my interpreter.
File:
C:\EasyEclipse-for-LAMP-1.2.2.2\extensions\pydev-1.3.3\eclipse\plugins\org.python.pydev_1.3.3\PySrc\interpreterInfo.py
Edit all occurrences of "print ..." to "print(...)" (the ... is whatever is being printed), so wrap it in parentheses.
Comment out line 16, since True and False are considered keywords in Python 3.
Save, and you should be able to successfully set C:\Python32\python.exe as the interpreter. I kept the default folders checked.
I found this tutorial very helpful for this problem - http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/compsci101/current/resources/install.php
Specifically, step 6:
connect Eclipse to your version of Python (so you can run Python programs within Eclipse)
connect Eclipse to your version of Python (so you can run Python programs within Eclipse)
open Eclipse and access the Preferences Box (under Window>Preferences on Windows or Eclipse>Preferences on Mac)
choose "Pydev" and "Interpreter - Python" from the sidebar
press the "New ..." button to tell Eclipse about Python
in the resulting dialog box, for the "Interpreter Name" type "Canopy" and for the "Interpreter Executable" type
for Windows: "C:\Users\UUU\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\python.exe"
for Mac: "/Users/UUU/Library/Enthought/Canopy_VVV/User/bin/python"
where UUU is your user name on your machine and VVV is the remainder of the directory name (which depends on which version you installed; you should be able to find the right one by browsing to it)
choose "Select All" and then click "OK" at the bottom of the resulting dialog box
click "OK" at the bottom of the Preferences Box and wait for the changes to take effect when the dialog box to close (you do not need to restart Eclipse)
If you can get the (Enthought) Canopy distribution working, but are unsure where it's installed to/what PyDev needs, the following worked for me to use that install to identify the right solution, and install it:
start ipython (as it was installed with the Canopy distribution).
do:
import sys;
for i in sys.path: print( i)
look for the option that ends in: "/bin" ( e.g. mine was: /Users/myUserNameHERE/Library/Enthought/Canopy_32bit/User/bin )
Now the fun part (as it worked for me), go to eclipse's preferences, and under:
"Pydev"==> "Interpreter - Python", and select 'New...'
Add in that full path under 'Interpreter Executable" put that path, along with 'python' (on mac [ probably 'python.exe' on windows?] ). For 'Interpreter Name' I put 'Python2.7-Canopy');
PyDev then automatically the other libraries to include ( I checked the boxes to accept its suggestions).
Lastly, you'll need to make sure that your project is using that Interpreter. Ensure either
(a) If your project is bound to the default interpreter (for 'Python' and not 'Jython'), move that new 'Python2.7-Canopy' you added (in your workspace Preferences) to be your workspace's default ( using 'Up' to make it first) or
(b) Go to the settings for the project, and under 'PyDev - Interpreter/Grammer' select from the requisite dropdown box the name you put (eg. "Python2.7-Canopy")
On my system, all then finally worked, matplotlib, numpy, etc. Yeah!