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After some issues adding my Conda env to PyCharm (Pro) I realized that my Conda env did not include an interpreter. My env was created with

conda create --name <name>

In PyCharm, I need to add interpreter and Conda executable for existing environments. I understand by this that I should create my environment with

conda create --name <name> python

Then I wonder, why would I create a Conda env without an interpreter if I cannot use it in my tool? Just trying to figure out how I should work with Conda.

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Conda is a generic package manager

While Conda is closely tied to Python (it itself is implemented in Python) the environments it creates are not Python-specific. I regularly create environments that do not include a Python interpreter. Some specific examples include R environments, C++ compilation environments, or bioinformatics tool-specific environments (e.g., samtools). I definitely would not want Conda to assume that every environment I create should include a Python interpreter.

Configuring Conda to always include Python

If you know with certainty that you want Python in every environment you ever create, then you have the option of adding python to the create_default_packages configuration option (see Documentation).

conda config --add create_default_packages python
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