PyCharm: Anaconda installation is not found

Question

I had Anaconda on Windows 10 installed in C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3 before using PyCharm. Now PyCharm displays: "Anaconda installation is not found" when I try using a conda env.

I also added Anaconda to PATH.

Is there a way to show PyCharm where Anaconda is installed?

Answer 1

I faced the same issue on Ubuntu 16.04 where I had Anaconda installed under ~/.local/opt/anaconda3. Creating a symlink under ~/anaconda3 solved the issue for me.

Answer 2

There is an open bug, currently PyCharm and IDEA both seem to detect Conda installation only from %HOMEPATH%/anaconda. https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-26923

The easiest workaround is to create a symlink to $HOME/.anaconda

mklink /D %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\anaconda C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3

Note that C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3 should be replaced with the path to your Anconda installation. If you selected to installed it for "Just Me" instead of "All Users", your default location will be

C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3

UPDATE: This issue is now fixed in IDEA and PyCharm since version 2018.1. You can specify a custom path under Python Interpreter or SDK settings in Conda Environment section.

Answer 3

I fixed this by:

• Uninstalling the Anaconda that was installed with Visual Studio 2017. I did this by unticking the option within the VS2017 installer.
• Installing Anaconda after downloading the official installer.
• Rebooting my PC.

My theory is that VS2017 installs Anaconda in a non-default location, and PyCharm cannot find it. The Anaconda installer states that VS2017 should still work fine with Python, even after this change.

Answer 4

In @Ahti Kitsik's answer above, the following line did not work, and resulted in a an error: mklink /D %HOMEPATH%\anaconda C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3

Because of a different install location, the following worked for me:

mklink /D "%HOMEPATH%\anaconda" "C:\Dev\Anaconda3"

"C:\Dev\Anaconda3" should be the anaconda installation folder on your PC.

Also, be sure to run the cmd with administrator privilege, otherwise you will get a permission error when trying to create the symlink.

Answer 5

You can't find anaconda python in your console at first.Click Configure Interpreters in blue.

Click the little gear under reset in blue(right + up corner), and chose 'add local'. point to your python in anaconda

Here you are

Answer 6

mklink /D %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\anaconda "C:\Program Files\Anaconda3"