So for a beginner python course, I needed to install python3 on my Mac (which was running on Python 2.7.x - x meaning some number I can't recall but I dont think it matters here). I had a setup installation guide - which was meant for windows though - which included the following steps: - Install python 3. - At complete download, tick the Add Python 3.7 to PATH box when it is shown (which it didnt show on my wizard installation on Mac) - Install PyCharm - On new project, select Python 3.7 as Base Interpreter - To check that your installation is successful, go to terminal and type python --version (mine kept being Python 2.7 despite having Python 3 installed). I figured out the problem was I needed to change the PATH for Python but I am not very comfortable with the terminal and couldnt figure out how to change that - total beginner here. So I installed Anaconda who did the whole thing for me and then for some reason (total beginner here!) I found myself with two interpreters on PyCharm: Python 3.7 and 3.8. PyCharm works with both of them. The problem comes when I need to import turtle into Pycharm and it keeps giving me errors. This is the command output:
Collecting turtle Using cached turtle-0.0.2.tar.gz (11 kB)
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /Users/xxxxxx/Documents/projects/cfg-python/venv/bin/python -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/private/var/folders/lg/s5jdvb7j5zldn8pd1nfcrn580000gn/T/pycharm-packaging/turtle/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/private/var/folders/lg/s5jdvb7j5zldn8pd1nfcrn580000gn/T/pycharm-packaging/turtle/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /private/var/folders/lg/s5jdvb7j5zldn8pd1nfcrn580000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-crzjvqnl
cwd: /private/var/folders/lg/s5jdvb7j5zldn8pd1nfcrn580000gn/T/pycharm-packaging/turtle/
Complete output (6 lines):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/private/var/folders/lg/s5jdvb7j5zldn8pd1nfcrn580000gn/T/pycharm-packaging/turtle/setup.py", line 40
except ValueError, ve:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
Under "proposed solution" it also says the following: Try to run this command from the system terminal. Make sure that you use the correct version of 'pip' installed for your Python interpreter located at '/Users/xxxxxx/Documents/projects/cfg-python/venv/bin/python'. Also if I type pip --version into the terminal it says "pip 20.1 from /opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pip (python 3.7)".
I am currently using the latest version of pip (20.1) for Python 3.8 as Project Interpreter - but maybe I need to change it? Problem is when I try to install packaging tools for Python 3.7 PyCharm says "Invalid Python SDK - and as specifics "Cannot run program "/Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/Coding/CFG 2/cfg-python/venv/bin/python" (in directory "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers"): error=2, No such file or directory" . I have been googling for the past four hours and really can't seem to figure it out so I hope you guys will for me. Hope I have given you all the necessary info to solve it. Thank you! Ps. Whatever you need to explain, especially involving the terminal, do it like you're talking to a five year old please :)
