So I am quite new to Python and only have completed like 2 or 3 projects, but every module, like bs4, had to be installed via the IDEs terminal every time I started a new project. If I didn't do that, the IDE told me that the modules I tried to import aren't installed.
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You can create a file with all your installed modules.
If you have pip already installed, just type in the IDE terminal:
pip freeze > requirements.txt
Now you have a file with all your modules and their versions. Next time you want to install all of them with a single command, move your requirements.txt file to your script path and type in the terminal:
pip install requirements.txt
You can select project interpreter.
Go to Settings → Python Interpreter. Select your environment. If you are creating a new project, use base environment instead of creating a "virtual environment".
Edit As @juanpa.arrivillaga pointed out, this may not be the preferred way. If you are installing dependencies, make sure you have a new conda environment (rather than using base environment) dedicated to that project. So that, if things go south, you can delete that environment and create new one.
When you install a package via pycharm in a project, they are most likely being put into a virtual env, like a sandbox. This is so you don't get conflict with packages down the road from installing tons and tons of packages. Checkout this answer, which i think will help you out with what your trying to avoid with reinstalling packages over and over.
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