Setting PATH for Sublime Text 3 Anaconda plugin

Question

I've been using Anaconda distribution(for NumPy,Pandas library). Recently I've tried to use Sublime Text 3. Problem is Sublime text cannot use my Anaconda installation. It is using the default python installation.

During Anaconda's installation, I've tried set it as global/default python setup and later also added anaconda/bin to my $PATH.

$ echo $PATH
/home/qfarhan/anaconda/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

$ echo $PYTHONPATH 
/home/qfarhan/anaconda/bin:

$ which python
/home/qfarhan/anaconda/bin/python

But for

import request
import pandas as pd

gives the error

import requests
ImportError: No module named requests

Immediately after the error it prints a path line:

[path: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games]

Which does not contain the anaconda directory. So Sublime text 3 is using a different PATH than mine. Can someone help me to resolve this issue?

Thank you for your time.

Solution

Try configure Python interpreter settings for Anaconda.

Please refer to Anaconda README.

Also did you start Sublime Text from the shell where you had the PATH set correctly?

Comments

[Quazi Farhan]

Thank you. Running ST3 from the same shell has solved the problem, though I guess the root of the problem remains undiscovered. Why they are using different $PATH.

[Mikko Ohtamaa]

In UNIX environment variables are inherited from the parent process to the child process. In this case, the parent process is shell and the child process Sublime Text. If you change environment variables in some other process (other shell) they cannot be magically reflected across the system.