PyCharm import external library

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I am using PyCharm as an editor for python code in Houdini  Whenever I try to import the main Houdini library  hou  I get an error flagged in PyCharm  If I include the code snippet -  try       import hou   except ImportError          Add  HFS houdini python2 6libs to sys path so Python can find the         hou module        sys path append os environ  HFS       houdini python d  dlibs    sys version info  2         import hou    my code executes  without problem  from both Houdini and my selected interpreter   My problem is with PyCharm itself  The editor flags  import hou  as an error and any subsequent files that import this file flag modules imported by this file as errors as well  Hence I loose type ahead functionality and get an over abundance of error messages that make it hard to spot the real problems   How do I get PyCharm to recognize the path to the hou module   I have tried  for a couple of days  to Google a solution to this problem but they all seem to refer to tabs and settings that are not in my version of PyCharm  Community Edition 3 4 1   E G  my  Project Interpreter  setting only has a list of Packages and has no  path  tab as stated in many  fixes  to closely related problems

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In order to reference an external library in a project  File -  Settings -  Project -  Project structure -  select the folder and mark as a source

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updated on May 26-2018  If the external library is in a folder that is under the project then  File -  Settings -  Project -  Project structure -  select the folder and Mark as Sources   If not  add content root  and do similar things

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Answer for PyCharm 2016 1 on OSX   This is an update to the answer by  GeorgeWilliams993 s answer above  but I don t have the rep yet to make comments    Go to Pycharm menu --  Preferences --  Project   projectname  --  Project Interpreter  At the top is a popup for  Project Interpreter   and to the right of it is a button with ellipses       - click on this button for a different popup and choose  More   or  as it turns out  click on the main popup and choose  Show All     This shows a list of interpreters  with one selected  At the bottom of the screen are a set of tools    pick the rightmost one     Now you should see all the paths pycharm is searching to find imports  and you can use the     button at the bottom to add a new path   I think the most significant difference from  GeorgeWilliams993 s answer is that the gear button has been replaced by a set of ellipses  That threw me off

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Update  2018-01-06   This answer is obsolete  Modern versions of PyCharm provide Paths via Settings   Project Interpreter       Show All   Show paths button     PyCharm Professional Edition has the Paths tab in Python Interpreters settings  but Community Edition apparently doesn t have it   As a workaround  you can create a symlink for your imported library under your project s root   For example   myproject     mypackage           init   py     third party - gt   some other directory third party

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Since PyCharm 3 4 the path tab in the  Project Interpreter  settings has been replaced  In order to add paths to a project you need to select the cogwheel  click on  More     and then select the  Show path for the selected interpreter  icon  This allows you to add paths to your project as before   My project is now behaving as I would expect

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In my case  the correct menu path was   File   Default settings   Project Interpreter

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I wanted to add an import path  for another project elsewhere in my workspace  MacOS Catalina 10 15 5 PyCharm Community 2020 1 1 PyCharm - Preferences - Project interpreter - Cog symbol - Show All At the bottom of that dialog  it shows 5 buttons  Plus  Minus  Pencil  Funnel  and Directory tree  Click Directory tree  You can now use the Plus button in the new dialog to add your  external library  search path  If successful  you should now see the directory name in the  quot External Libraries quot  pane in the Project panel

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