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Install, uninstall, and upgrade interpreter paths

PyCharm makes it possible to add paths to the selected interpreter. These paths will be added to the environment variable PYTHONPATH. Also, PyCharm will index these paths and (potentially) resolve the objects of the code (for example, imports of packages).

To view the interpreter paths

  1. In the Project Interpreter page of the project settings, click icons general gearPlain svg button.

  2. In the drop-down list, click Show all.... The available interpreters show up in the Project Interpreters dialog.

  3. Select the desired interpreter.

  4. In the toolbar of the Project interpreters dialog box, click the button Show an interpreter path. The existing paths of the selected interpreter show up in the Interpreter Paths dialog box.

To add an interpreter path

  1. In the toolbar of the Interpreter Paths dialog box, click Add a path.

  2. Choose the desired path in the Select Path dialog.

To delete interpreter paths

  1. Select the paths to be deleted.

  2. In the toolbar of the Interpreter Paths dialog box, click Remove the path.

    The removed paths remain in the list with the note "removed by user".

To reload interpreter paths

Last modified: 17 July 2019

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