Configuring PyCharm with existing virtualenv

python pycharm virtualenv

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Solution 1

To run PyCharm properly for your project, you need to set Python Interpreter and Python Structure correctly.

I had set Python Interpreter correctly but missed out on Python Structure.

Go to Pycharm->Preferences->your_project->Project Structure

Add the right content root

It has nothing to do with your working directory which you can set separately in your debug/run configuration

also don't forget to add environment variables you need and you should be good to go.

For Intellij Idea 2016.2, following is the path to add site-packages installed in virtualenv File -> Project Structure -> Sources -> "Use + button and add as Sources"

if hidden directory may is be visible, you may either change your view settings or copy paste the path to site-packages in virtualenv

Solution 2

Dont click on make available to all projects and it will work. Otherwise it would give error saying -- specify a different sdk name

Solution 3

I did what was specified by comiventor in the accepted answer, but also had to do what Brian W commented: mark the root folder as a "Sources Root". This is done as follows:

Right click on your root directory
Look at the bottom for the option Mark Directory as
Choose Sources Root (the folder icon color should change from gray to blue)

That's all!

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Updated on July 09, 2022

Comments

comiventor almost 2 years

I am trying to get PyCharm running using existing virtualenv setting. I have pointed my PyCharm project to python interpreter in existing virtualenv ~/.virtualenvs/myproj/ in the following path

File -> Default Settings -> Default Project -> Python Interpreter

the project runs fine but the editor is still glowing RED on packages installed as part of the virtualenv.

Any idea what I am missing?
Brian W over 5 years

a little clarification on "Add the right content to root". What worked for me with an existing Python 2.7.15 virtual environment was this... With <project folder> as root, I marked <project folder>/src as Sources (shows up blue in Pycharm 2018). I had previously selected <project folder>/Scripts/python.exe as my interpreter.
Nilesh Kesar almost 3 years

I had to click on the make available to even see the venv appear in the project interpreter