PyCharm not updating with environment variables

Question

When I use vim to update my environmental variables (in ~/.bashrc), PyCharm does not get the updates right away. I have to shut down the program, source ~/.bashrc again, and re-open PyCharm.

Is there any way to have PyCharm source the changes automatically (or without shutting down)?

Answer 1

When any process get created it inherit the environment variables from it's parent process (the O.S. itself in your case). if you change the environment variables at the parent level, the child process is not aware of it.

PyCharm allows you to change the environment variables from the RunDebug Configuration window. Run > Edit Configurations > Environment Variables ->