PyCharm - can't use remote interpreter

Check that the Python Remote Interpreter plugin is activated.

Go to Settings -> Plugins. Check that Python Remote Interpreter is checked off.

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ok, problem solved.

  1. export settings (I already had my old settings)
  2. remove settings dir (~/.PyCharm2016.1)
  3. restart pycharm without importing settings
  4. import settings
  5. restart PyCharm
  6. :tada: it works!

That's because you're using the community edition of PyCharm. I suppose that's what they refer to as "Remote development capabilities": https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/features/

Try to install the trial of the professional edition to verify this. You should be able to see an Add Remote option that allows you to specify the host vagrant instance dir and python interpreter path inside the virtual:

pycharm vagrant dev