Problem Formulation: Given a PyCharm project. How to install the pandas library in your project within a virtual environment or globally?
Solution that always works:
- Open
File > Settings > Projectfrom the PyCharm menu. - Select your current project.
- Click the
Python Interpretertab within your project tab. - Click the small
+symbol to add a new library to the project. - Now type in the library to be installed, in your example Pandas, and click
Install Package. - Wait for the installation to terminate and close all popup windows.
Here’s the installation process as a short animated video:

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