PyCharm Community Edition not recognizing latest Python interpreter (no access to root?)

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S Steffens87
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Hi everybody,

I want PyCharm CE to use the latest Python interpreter that is installed on my machine (running latest Debian Bookworm).

Python 3.11 is properly installed in the following directory: /usr/bin/python3.11

However, when I want to set the 3.11 interpreter in the interpreter settings, PyCharm doesn't show me the actual folder structure of the directory and links to an older interpreter (3.10):

Can anyone help me figure this out?

Thanks a lot in advance and kind regards,
Sebastian

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Andrey Resler
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Hi, 

Please make sure you are using the latest version: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/

If the issue persists, could you please provide some additional info?

- The output of `stat /usr/bin/python3.11` and `file /usr/bin/python3.11`
- logs from **Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data**
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S Steffens87
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Hi Andrey,

Thanks a lot for your reply.
I'm on the latest version (2023.2).

The output of `stat /usr/bin/python3.11` (in German, sorry) is the following:

Datei: /usr/bin/python3.11
Größe: 6831704       Blöcke: 13344      EA Block: 4096   reguläre Datei
Gerät: 259/2    Inode: 4221088     Verknüpfungen: 1
Zugriff: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Zugriff: 2023-08-23 07:22:14.376183529 +0200
Modifiziert: 2023-03-13 13:18:29.000000000 +0100
Geändert: 2023-07-22 15:22:27.433411379 +0200
Geburt: 2023-07-22 15:22:27.217411390 +0200

The output of `file /usr/bin/python3.11` is the following:

/usr/bin/python3.11: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=ac175ec7666754cf818b271b4fdc2761ac6865f2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped

Screenshot:

Here is a zip file with log files. It contains the following files:

  • idea.log
  • open-telemetry-metrics.2023-08-24-07-41-42.csv
  • threadDump-20230824-075751.txt

Please let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks a lot and kind regards,
Sebastian

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Andrey Resler
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Thanks, do I understand correctly that PyCharm was installed using Flatpak? If so, please try installing the standalone version from https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/ and check if the issue persists there. 

It could be a flatpak issue. 

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S Steffens87
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Hi Andrey,

Yes, PyCharm CE was installed using flatpak.

I just got around to uninstalling it via flatpak and reinstalling it via the standalone version and this fixed the issue - thanks! :)

How would I go about reporting this as a bug? Is there any way I could contribute to getting this fixed?

Thanks and best regards,
Sebastian

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Andrey Resler
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Afaik, we don't distribute via Flatpak officially, so you should probably report this to Flatpak devs. You can also try PyCharm Snap distribution, which, unlike Flatpak, is official. 
But, I would recommend keep using the standalone version. Flatpak/Snap use sandboxed environment which may block access to some parts of the file system, which is not good for an IDE.
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S Steffens87
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Okay great, good to know.
Thanks a lot and all the best, Andrey!

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