Extending system path like PyCharm, outside of it

Asked Jun 17 '18 at 18:17

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So I created a module in PyCharm and it works great within PyCharm since PyCharm fixes the system path by running this code by itself:

import sys; print('Python %s on %s' % (sys.version, sys.platform))
sys.path.extend('D:\\Users\\rk\\projects\\GGM\\Code')

This means that I cannot run that module from a terminal since I am not extend the sys path in each and every script in that module. Is there a way to extend the system path like PyCharm for each and every script in that module in an automated way without having to do a bunch of sys.path.extend in every file.

asked Jun 17 '18 at 18:17

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Possible duplicate of [How to use PYTHONPATH](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19917492/how-to-use-pythonpath) – OneCricketeer Jun 17 '18 at 18:21
Also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3701646 – OneCricketeer Jun 17 '18 at 18:22
@cricket_007, I do not want to modify the PYTHONPATH manually and hence the question to see if it is possible. – user308827 Jun 17 '18 at 18:24
AFAIK, that's the only way to do it without writing it in every module needing a different path – OneCricketeer Jun 17 '18 at 18:28
thanks @cricket_007, perhaps there is a way to invoke sys.path.extend like PyCharm before any file in that module is run? – user308827 Jun 17 '18 at 18:32
Maybe this https://stackoverflow.com/a/32258020/2308683 – OneCricketeer Jun 17 '18 at 18:37
Are you on Windows or Linux? – the_constant Jun 17 '18 at 19:19
I want the solution to work on both – user308827 Jun 17 '18 at 19:20
as well as `PYTHONPATH` you can run `pip install -e .` in your modules' folders, afaik this creates a simlink and avoids having to set environment variables manually – c z Jun 19 '18 at 14:09

Extending system path like PyCharm, outside of it

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