How do I install a .whl file in a PyCharm virtualenv?

Question

The package manager in Project Interpreter doesn\'t appear to have any way for me to run a pure pip command so I\'m unable to install the wheel as I normally would through c

Answer 1

To install via your command line, and avoid installing on your base Python, you'll have to first activate the virtualenv.

You can do this on POSIX using:

$ source path_to_your_venv/bin/activate

And then for Windows systems:

> path_to_venv\Scripts\activate

You can then install the .whl file with pip install filename.whl while the virtual env has been activated.