pip install --no-index : packages not found by pycharm

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hi,

i configured pycharm to use a remote interpreter located within an env created using `virtualenv`.

i installed some pacakges using `pip install <package>` downloaded from pypi.

and i installed some other packages using `pip install <package> --no-index` to use locally built wheels (recommended).

now, when i setup pycharm to use the interpreter within that env, it:

1. recognizes packages installed without --no-index.

2. fails to find packages installed with --non-index or packages that depend on packages installed with --no-index.

when i checked the location of the installed packages:

1/ without --no-index: they are located inside the env. [fine]

2/ with  --no-index: they are located somewhere outside the env in a share partition on the server [for some reason].

this may explain why pycharm could find packages installed with --non-index.

my question, how to make pycharm see all packages independently from where they are located?

i assume that pip should do something about this by adding a link or something to the packages located outside the env.

or it did but pycharm did not realize that.

i tested the env directly on the remote. things work fine. python sees all type of packages.

things work as expected/fine on other servers.

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the reason that pycharm does not see the packages is that i have to load some filesystem modules so the link in the env where they are installed will make sens.

is there a way to tell pycharm to run a bash script before starting the remote interpreter?

something similar to preactivate in virtualenvwrapper that runs a bash script before activating the env.

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i had to manually add the path to the modules needed to be loaded in the interpreter list of path.

go the the list of interpreters and click on `show paths for the selected interpreter`. then, add your additional paths.

thanks