How to add RDKit to project in PyCharm?

Question

So, I am trying to add RDKit to my project in PyCharm. I have found that if you are using interpreter /usr/bin/python2.7 PyCharm will try to install stuff using the pip. While, RDKit requires conda. I have tried to change the interpreter to conda, but RDKit is either not on the list or it can't open the URL with the repo. Does anyone know how to fix that?

By the way, is it possible while keeping the interpreter /usr/bin/python2.7 to make it use anything else (not pip), while installing stuff?

Answer 1

I have finally found how to do that and it's not difficult at all:

1. Install conda;
2. Install RDKit, following these instructions
3. Go to the preferences in PyCharm either like this:

or like this (you need a wrench):

4. In the project interpreter select: ~/anaconda/envs/my-rdkit-env/bin/python

5. Make sure you add or update the corresponding python paths to PATH, otherwise it wouldn't work.

TESTS:

1. Tried to install fiona - success, so there's no impact on the installation;
2. Tried the simple code: print('HELLO WORLD!') - worked

3. Tried rdkit code

       from rdkit import Chem
   
   
       m = Chem.MolFromSmiles('Cc1ccccc1')
   
       print(m)
   

worked, the log: <rdkit.Chem.rdchem.Mol object at 0x101125080>