How to pass $PATH to an application?

When I runs: echo $PATH in terminal, it gives the right and complete path (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin)

However, in Pycharm, os.environ['PATH'] just show the default part of path (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:)

Why is this happening?

Thanks.

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Nov 18, 2021 3:52 AM

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VikingOSX

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Nov 18, 2021 9:39 AM in response to SoonPrinceton

See the Python 3.10 discussion about os.environ here. You may want os.getenv('PATH') instead.

Nov 18, 2021 8:29 AM in response to SoonPrinceton

I suppose that whatever shell you use is setting up your PATH for you when it starts - for example in .zshrc or .bash_profile.

Your application of course does not see that.

I don't have Pycharm, but I think you can set the PATH that it uses, somewhere in the application preferences.

An alternative is to set the PATH in a more system-wide fashion.

BE CAREFUL - just add appropriate lines to this file

sudo vi /etc/paths

and add a first line to the file, containing

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin

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