Why can I not import Caffe in PyCharm but can import it in terminal?

Question

I want to import Caffe. I can import it in terminal but not in PyCharm.

I have tried some suggestions like adding include /usr/local/cuda-7.0/lib64 to /user/etc/ld.so.conf file but still it can not import this module. However, I think this is not a good solution as I am using the CPU mode only.

I am using Linux Mint.

The output for sys.path in PyCharm terminal is:

>>> sys.path
['', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python27.zip', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/lib-old', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages', 
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Sphinx-1.4.1-y2.7.egg',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-23.0.0-py2.7.egg']
>>> 

and when I run sys.path in PyCharm itself, I get:

['/opt/pycharm-community-2016.2.3/helpers/pydev',
'/home/user/',
'/opt/pycharm-community-2016.2.3/helpers/pydev',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python27.zip',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/lib-tk',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/lib-old',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Sphinx-1.4.1-py2.7.egg',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-23.0.0-py2.7.egg',
'/home/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/extensions',
'/home/user/']

which is not exactly the same as the time I ran it in terminal.

moreover, as I run the import caffe in PyCharm the error is as bellow:

/home/user/anaconda2/bin/python /home/user/important_commands.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/important_commands.py", line 11, in <module>
    import caffe
ImportError: No module named caffe

Process finished with exit code 1

Answer 1

I solved the problem by adding caffe in the project interpreter. Just use the + on the right side for the list of available packages. Search for caffe and click on Install Package.

Answer 2

This solution worked for me. I think that the problem is that pycharm doesn´t charge the libraries from the bashrc.

1. Open Pycharm
2. Go to File --> settings --> project interpreter

3. Open the bar with all the possible interpreters and press show all.

4. Click the last button of the options (Brown bottom).

5. Add the python path (/home/user/caffe/python)

Answer 3

You need to add this same path under you interpreters path. Settings -> Project interpreter ->click the cogwheel next to interpreter -> More -> click on icon that says 'Show paths for interpreter' -> add path -> Chaos Solved.

Answer 4

I installed caffe using pycharm terminal too but it did not work. Finally I added sys.path.extend([/home/user/caffe-master/python]) to python consule and meanwhile I wrote the following in my code.

 import sys
 sys.path.append("/home/user/caffe-master/python/")
 import caffe

and it worked!!!