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# getting-started
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wet-carpenter-14925
03/02/2022, 4:02 PMHi, everyone. Just starting with Pulumi, and hoping to work in PyCharm. Unfortunately, PyCharm doesn't see an interpreter in the
venvpulumi newIn case it's relevant, I'm on a Windows 10 machine, but am running Pulumi in Ubuntu on WSL.
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great-queen-39697
03/02/2022, 4:35 PMYep! I use PyCharm exclusively for Python work here. If I've run
pulumi newBottom right corner, you can select the interpreter. If the right one doesn't appear, you need to add it. Add it in this part of preferences shown in the screenshot.
If that's not helping, I'm happy to walk you through it if you want to drop a screenshot
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wet-carpenter-14925
03/02/2022, 5:05 PMThanks, @great-queen-39697! I've been trying to add the interpreter this way, but either PyCharm isn't finding it or I'm looking in the wrong place.
My understanding is I should use the interpreter in
<project_root>/venv/bing
great-queen-39697
03/02/2022, 5:09 PMHmmm.... can you go into a terminal, navigate to your project root, and run
source venv/bin/activatewhich pythonw
wet-carpenter-14925
03/02/2022, 5:11 PM Copy code
/mnt/c/dev/code/ussf-services/venv/bin/pythonThat file does exist, along with a
python3FWIW, I was able to use the WSL global python interpreter, and get the warning to disappear. But obviously it would be nice to use what's in the venv (if it's anything other than a link).
Adding the interpreter didn't add documentation pulumi though, so it looks like pycharm isn't picking up the packages in the venv.
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great-queen-39697
03/02/2022, 5:22 PMHuh. It kinda looks like PyCharm isn't refreshing its cache of the file system or something. Give me a moment; I haven't really used PyCharm on Windows in a long time so I want to check to ensure there's not a known issue
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wet-carpenter-14925
03/02/2022, 5:28 PMThanks, @great-queen-39697. I'll try searching in parallel too. I've also tried refreshing the file explorer window and restarting PyCharm.
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great-queen-39697
03/02/2022, 5:31 PMThat's really odd 😕 So WSL is apparently odd? https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-32853
There's apparently a
On WSL...Does PyCharm work for you with other venvs?
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wet-carpenter-14925
03/02/2022, 5:34 PMI actually haven't used it yet. I'm primarily a C# developer, but chose python for pulumi because it's more friendly to the team at large.
I do have the professional version of PyCharm though, and I've tried finding the interpreter in the WSL option. It see more in the
venv/binpythonSeems like we may be running into PyCharm issues though. I can play around with it, and consider foregoing WSL if I have to.
Thank you very much for your help, @great-queen-39697!
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great-queen-39697
03/02/2022, 5:37 PMYou're welcome! I'm so sorry I can't figure that out. I'll see if I can find a Windows machine to test it on if you get stuck.
I've heard good things about VSCode for WSL, and it should have the code completion and documentation for Python. I unfortunately just don't use it myself, or I would explain how to set it up.
I could ask and find out if anyone here has Windows and can explain it, though, if you end up wanting to use it
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wet-carpenter-14925
03/02/2022, 5:48 PMFor anyone who finds this 🧵 in the future, it looks like PyCharm does not currently support virtual environments in WSL. Hopefully, they'll add support soon.
Thanks, @great-queen-39697. I've used VS Code before. Especially now that you've given me some direction, I should be able to figure it out, but I'll resurrect the thread if there's a problem. I really appreciate your help!
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