PyCharm – can't use remote interpreter

Question:

Strange thing. I just can’t use remote interpreters. I’m 100% sure I saw it before. WTF?

I have configured ssh deployment connection and vagrant box.

There is nothing interesting under more button.

How to add remote interpreter?

edit: screenshot from settings → project → project interpreter

edit2: problem reported on PyCharm community support

edit3: I use PyCharm pro

edit4: Just installed today’s new version, 2016.1.3. Nothing has changed.

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PyCharm 2016.1.2
Build #PY-145.844, built on April 8, 2016
JRE: 1.8.0_76-release-b32 amd64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o

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Asked By: voy

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Answers:

That’s because you’re using the community edition of PyCharm. I suppose that’s what they refer to as “Remote development capabilities”:
https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/features/

Try to install the trial of the professional edition to verify this. You should be able to see an Add Remote option that allows you to specify the host vagrant instance dir and python interpreter path inside the virtual:

pycharm vagrant dev

Answered By: fips

ok, problem solved.

  1. export settings (I already had my old settings)
  2. remove settings dir (~/.PyCharm2016.1)
  3. restart pycharm without importing settings
  4. import settings
  5. restart PyCharm
  6. :tada: it works!
Answered By: voy

Check that the Python Remote Interpreter plugin is activated.

Go to Settings -> Plugins. Check that Python Remote Interpreter is checked off.

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Answered By: AYTWebSolutions

I had the same issue, the problem is with the plugin, but not the one that AYTWebSolutions suggested.

Enable FTP(S)/SFTP Connectivity (ex. Remote Hosts Access). This solves the problem.

CAUTION: First, I did what voy suggested and I lost my license. His solution just resets the plugins to the defaults but you can enable the needed plugin yourself and it works without having the risk of losing your license data.

Answered By: Ehsan Tabatabaei

I have solved this by unsetting a simple option switch in the current version of PyCharm [PyCharm 2023.1 (Professional Edition) / Apple Silicon version]

Switch for that is ‘Visible only for this project‘ which basically allowed my to go forward, even tho I set up the config for/within the same project.
Visible only for this project

Answered By: Hunor Portik