How do I install a .whl file in a PyCharm virtualenv?

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The package manager in Project Interpreter doesn't appear to have any way for me to run a pure pip command so I'm unable to install the wheel as I normally would through command line.

Running through command line installs the wheel on my base python install and not the virtualenv. Help?

Have you tried using the [PyCharm GUI for installing packages](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/2016.1/installing-uninstalling-and-upgrading-packages.html)? — Nils Werner, Sep 30 '16 at 12:17
Related (but doesn't seem to be delicate, and has no accepted answer): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28663601/regarding-install-scipy-from-pycharm — elethan, Sep 30 '16 at 12:19

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '18 at 13:06

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You can install it from PyCharm's Python console with the pip module :

import pip

def install_whl(path):
    pip.main(['install', path])

install_whl("path/to/file.whl")

answered May 28 '18 at 13:06

Clément F

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Inspired from : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12332975/installing-python-module-within-code – Clément F May 28 '18 at 13:44
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pip.main() only available before 10.0.0 version – Comrade Che Jun 28 '18 at 11:00

Moses Koledoye · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-28T15:31:31.237

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To install via your command line, and avoid installing on your base Python, you'll have to first activate the virtualenv.

You can do this on POSIX using:

$ source path_to_your_venv/bin/activate

And then for Windows systems:

> path_to_venv\Scripts\activate

You can then install the .whl file with pip install filename.whl while the virtual env has been activated.

edited Jun 28 '18 at 15:31

answered Sep 30 '16 at 12:21

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Thanks Moses, this did the trick. For Pycharm venv's the path is 'path_to_venv/Scripts/activate.bat – AidenWebb Sep 30 '16 at 12:36
@Awebb I didn't remember it was windows. I updated :) – Moses Koledoye Sep 30 '16 at 12:41
I'm able to install the wheel from local dir but couldn't install it from PyCharm, why is that? – wawawa Dec 02 '20 at 12:12

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 08 '18 at 05:35

My environment is Windows 7 and Python 2.7.12.

Steps to install whl packages into venv:

Search package on Python Extension Packages for Windows - Christoph Gohlke
Download package, for example, mysqlclient‑1.3.13‑cp27‑cp27m‑win32.whl to C:\Root\python\whls\mysqlclient‑1.3.13‑cp27‑cp27m‑win32.whl
Open PyCharm Python Console and execute script below:

import pip
from pip._internal import main as pipmain


def install_whl(path):
    pipmain(['install', path])


install_whl('C:\Root\python\whls\mysqlclient-1.3.13-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl')

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 21 '18 at 15:29

The whl file (opencv package) is in c:\SmartSight\OPCV:

c:\SmartSight\OPCV>pip install opencv_python-3.4.3+contrib-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
Processing c:\smartsight\opcv\opencv_python-3.4.3+contrib-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
Installing collected packages: opencv-python
Successfully installed opencv-python-3.4.3+contrib

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 27 '20 at 07:51

Use of pip._internal in PyCharm Python Console generates WARNING message

see: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7498

Move the current entrypoint from pip._internal.main:main to pip._internal.cli.main:main

in PyCharm Python Console use:

import pip
from pip._internal.cli.main import main as pipmain
pipmain(['install', path&packagename])

How do I install a .whl file in a PyCharm virtualenv?

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