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I have started to use PyCharm IDE, but I was not able to determine how to manage external libraries there. For instance, PyCharm does not see matplotlib. In PyCharm's file manager, I clearly see the list of external libraries and there is no matplotlib. However, I have it installed and I know its location.
How can I add this library to PyCharm environment?
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PyCharm can do both. Type the name of the package and hit Alt-Enter , then choose Install and Import package . PyCharm will do both: you'll see a notification during the installation, then the import will be generated in the right way, according to your project styles.
These libraries are incredibly diverse and of high quality and make data science much, much easier in Python. An external library is a custom set of functions, objects, and more that were written to eliminate having to write code from scratch.
I suggest to use Python virtual environment. It is really easy with PyCharm.
PyCharm > Preferences... > Project Interpreter > Python Interpreters
Click "Create Virtual Environment" and pick your base interpreter.
Click "Install" and install any packages you need. You can also add other repositories if the default ones do not contain required libraries. Another benefit is that you can see which libraries have newer version and can be updated.
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I think one way to solve a problem is to specify your interpreter in PyCharm itself via File -> Settings -> Python Interpreters
There is also a Paths tab in this setting, you need to add path to your matplotlib explicitly there. But for me there is no special path listed there. Here are my paths in this tab:
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/DLLs
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/Lib
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/Lib/lib-tk
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/Lib/site-packages (my matplotlib/numpy and other stuff is here)
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/Lib/site-packages/win32
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/Lib/site-packages/win32/lib
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/Lib/site-packages/pythonwin
file://D:/Users/svecovs/AppData/Roaming/JetBrains/PyCharm Community Edition 3.0.1/helpers/python-skeletons
file://D:/hg_work/vefw_regression/tools/python/Lib/site-packages/core (added by user)
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