PyCharm with Pyenv

Question

How to use Pyenv virtualenv's with Pycharm 2016.3? In the earlier version of Pycharm, I could easily set up local interpreter to point anything installed on my machine.

My first idea was to add .python-version file on the root of the project. I Pyenv virtualenv installed so this will activate & run the project with correct environment automatically. However, Pycharm still doesn't see the correct interpreter causing it to though import and syntax errors.

How can I select my local Pyenv in new PyCharm 2016.3 I used to be able to set the path as variable now I can only browse the path using drop-down menu. It doesn't seem to show hidden files like default path for pyenv ~./.pyenv/versions{project}.

Answer 1

In Pycharm version 2017.3, you can go to Pycharm -> Preferences -> Project -> Project Interpreter -> <project_name> -> settings button on the right of the python interpreter text box -> Add local

This will open a new window with virtualenv Environment as one of the options on the left. On Selecting it, you will get an option to make a new virtualenv environment or use an existing virtual environment. Here next to the dropdown text box, you can click "..." and browse to your existing virtualenv created using pyenv and select it. It will select this virtualenv when you start terminal from Pycharm and also use the corresponding python interpreter as set while creating that virtualenv.