Using Ana conda within PyCharm

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I ve got Pycharm 4 running on my Linux  Ubuntu 14 04  machine   In addition to the system python  I ve also got Anaconda installed   Getting the two to play nicely together seems to be a bit of a problem    PyCharm provides some interesting integration for virtualenvs and pip  but the Anaconda Python distribution seems to prefer using its own conda tool for both activities   Is there a relatively simple painless way to be able to use conda in conjunction with PyCharm   Not just as an alternative interpreter i e  point PyCharm at the Anaconda Python binary for a project interpreter  but to be able to create  source activate and deactivate virtual envs  add remove packages in those virtual envs  etc    Or am I going to have to choose between using Anaconda  and having a more recent and up-to-date python than may come with the system   and being able to use PyCharm s features to their fullest extent

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as per  cyberbikepunk answer pycharm supports Anaconda since pycharm5    Have a look how easy is to add an environment

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this might be repetitive  I was trying to use pycharm to run flask - had anaconda 3  pycharm 2019 1 1 and windows 10  Created a new conda environment - it threw errors  Followed these steps -    Used the cmd to install python and flask after creating environment as suggested above  Followed this answer  As suggested above  went to Run -  Edit Configurations and changed the environment there as well as in  2     Obviously kept the correct python interpreter  the one in the environment  everywhere

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Change the project interpreter to   anaconda2 python bin by going to File - gt  Settings - gt  Project - gt  Project Interpreter  Also update the run configuration to use the project default Python interpreter via Run - gt  Edit Configurations  This makes PyCharm use Anaconda instead of the default Python interpreter under usr bin python27

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I know it s late  but I thought it would be nice to clarify things  PyCharm and Conda and pip work well together    The short answer  Just manage Conda from the command line  PyCharm will automatically notice changes once they happen  just like it does with pip   The long answer  Create a new Conda environment   conda create --name foo pandas bokeh   This environment lives under conda root envs foo  Your python interpreter is conda root envs foo bin pythonX X and your all your site-packages are in conda root envs foo lib pythonX X site-packages  This is same directory structure as in a pip virtual environement  PyCharm sees no difference   Now to activate your new environment from PyCharm go to file   settings   project   interpreter  select Add local in the project interpreter field  the little gear wheel  and hunt down your python interpreter  Congratulations  You now have a Conda environment with pandas and bokeh   Now install more packages   conda install scikit-learn   OK    go back to your interpreter in settings  Magically  PyCharm now sees scikit-learn   And the reverse is also true  i e  when you pip install another package in PyCharm  Conda will automatically notice  Say you ve installed requests  Now list the Conda packages in your current environment   conda list   The list now includes requests and Conda has correctly detected  3rd column  that it was installed with pip   Conclusion  This is definitely good news for people like myself who are trying to get away from the pip virtualenv installation problems when packages are not pure python    NB  I run PyCharm pro edition 4 5 3 on Linux  For Windows users  replace in command line with in the GUI  and forward slashes with backslashes   There s no reason it shouldn t work for you too    EDIT  PyCharm5 is out with Conda support  In the community edition too

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Continuum Analytics now provides instructions on how to setup Anaconda with various IDEs including Pycharm here   However  with Pycharm 5 0 1 running on Unbuntu 15 10 Project Interpreter settings were found via the File   Settings and then under the Project branch of the treeview on the Settings dialog

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