How to update pycharm

Use patches

Create a patch from uncommited changes

In the Local Changes view, select the file or the changelist based on which you want to create a patch, and choose Create Patch from Local Changes from the context menu.

If you do not need to save the patch to a file, and want, for example, to send it by email or through a messenger, you can right-click a file in the Local Changes view and choose Copy as Patch to Clipboard from the context menu.

Create a patch from an entire commit

Locate the commit that you want to create a patch from in the Log tab of the Version Control tool window Alt+9 and select Create Patch from the context menu.

Create a patch from a file

Select the required file in any view (in the Project tool window, in the editor, in the Local Changes view, and so on).

Select Git | Show History from the main VCS menu or from the context menu of the selection. The History tab is added to the Git tool window showing the history for the selected file and allowing you to review and compare its revisions.

Right-click a revision and choose Create Patch from the context menu, or click the Create Patch icon on the toolbar.

Apply patches

Select VCS | Patch | Apply patch from the main menu.

You can drag a file or an email attachment to any place in the editor.

If necessary, click and choose Map Base Directory to specify a directory relative to which file names in the patch file will be interpreted. You can map a base directory to a single file, directory, or to a selection.

Select an existing changelist where you want to add the patch from the list, or specify the name of a new changelist in the Name field, and, optionally, enter a comment to this changelist.

If you want to make this changelist active, select the Set active option.

Update PyCharm

By default, PyCharm is configured to check for updates automatically and notify you when a new version is available. Updates are usually patch-based : they are applied to the existing installation and only require you to restart the IDE. However, sometimes patch updates are not available, and a new version of PyCharm must be installed.

Toolbox App

If you installed PyCharm using the Toolbox App, it will suggest you to update the IDE when a new version is available.

Automatically update all managed tools

Open the Toolbox App and click the Toolbox App menu icon in the top right corner.

If you disable this option, you will need to click Update next to any instance when a newer version comes out.

You can also configure the update policy for every managed IDE instance separately.

Configure the update policy for a specific instance

In the instance settings dialog, select the update channel to use for this IDE instance:

Update to Release : Update only to stable releases that are recommended for production.

Standalone instance

If you installed PyCharm manually, the standalone IDE instance will manage its own updates. It will notify you when a new version is available (show you a notification in the Event Log tool window). You can choose to update the current instance, download and install the new version as a separate instance, postpone the notification, or ignore the update entirely.

On Linux, it is not recommended to manually update an existing standalone PyCharm installation to a newer major version. You should always extract the downloaded tarball to a clean directory. See Standalone installation for details.

If you installed PyCharm using root privileges, you should use the same level of privileges to update the IDE.

Configure the update policy

If the IDE instance is managed by the Toolbox App, these settings will affect only plugin updates.

The Updates page contains the following settings:

Check IDE updates for

Select whether you want PyCharm to check for updates automatically and choose an update channel.

Early Access Program : Provides all updates, including major version EAP builds and minor version Preview builds. This channel is not recommended for production development.

EAP versions can be updated to both newer EAP and stable PyCharm versions. If an EAP version is updated to a stable version at some point, the name of the original installation directory does not change.

Beta Releases or Public Previews : Includes stable releases, release candidates, and beta releases. Some updates in this channel may contain minor bugs and feature previews.

Stable Releases : Includes only stable releases that are recommended for production.

Check for plugin updates

Select whether you want PyCharm to check for new versions of plugins automatically.

Check for Updates

Check for updates immediately.

Alternatively, from the main menu, select Help | Check for Updates on Windows or Linux, or PyCharm | Check for Updates on macOS.

Manage ignored updates…

Show the list of updates that were ignored. These updates will not be suggested until you remove them from the list of ignored updates.

If you remove several updates from the ignored list, only the most recent will be offered for download when you check for updates.

Show What’s New in the editor after an IDE update

Open a tab with information about new features and improvements after a major IDE update.

Snap package

If you installed PyCharm as a snap package, it will manage updates automatically. All snaps are updated automatically in the background every day. You can also get the latest version of all snaps manually at any time by running the following command:

Or if you want to update only the PyCharm snap:

How to update PyCharm 3.4 to 4 in Ubuntu 14.04

I have Pycharm 3.4 community edition installed. I want to update my installation to 4.0.

Going to Help ⇒ Check for update shows me that I am in latest version which is 3.4.1.

Manual download and installation creates 2 separate installations of Pycharm; one new and one previous installation.

3 Answers 3

I recently updated from 4.0.1 to 4.0.4, which I had installed in /usr/local/bin/ (I’m new to Linux, so I’m not sure if this is the best location). Essentially I moved the tarball there, unpacked it, deleted the old directory, realized the script was still pointed at the old (now nonexistent) version, and edited the script to point at the new version. It went like this (adapted from official installation instructions):

PyCharm launched, so I assumed I was good. I then tried to launch PyCharm as I usually would, and got the following error:

Oops; I assumed the charm script to which the PATH points (in /usr/local/bin/ ) would be updated by the bash pycharm.sh line; I was wrong. No worries, it’s easy enough to do yourself.

The first line after the import statements defines the RUN_PATH ; you’ll want to change this to point to the new directory (i.e., 4.0.1 to 4.0.4 for me). Once I did that, it worked like a charm.

My guess is that if I had removed this file before running the script in the new version’s bin folder, it would’ve created a new script from scratch. This is probably a better practice, as the script itself may be changed more meaningfully than the RUN_PATH definition.

TL;DR: You’ll need to delete the old directory and launch script, unpack the new directory, and run the launch script from inside the unpacked directory.

How do I get PyCharm to update from my local package repository?

I’m trying to teach PyCharm (4.5.4 Professional edition) to connect to our local package repository so I can install our code-specific packages with the click of a button rather than futzing with the terminal and pip.

How do I get PyCharm to update from my local package repository?

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I know it’s late for the answer but I’ll give it a shot, although you probably have tried and solved that «problem» by now.
The thing is that you didn’t mention one last step that is probably needed to update the list of packages according to the «new» repository.
I report the recipe directly from JetBrains website https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm-edu/3.0/installing-uninstalling-and-upgrading-packages.html

To specify a custom repository, follow these steps

You didn’t mention step 4., which is supposed to update according to the newly inserted repository.
Now, you probably did step 4., but you didn’t mention.
For example, in my PyCharm CE 2016.2.3, after I insert a custom repository following the first 3 steps, I see the refresh icon () in the bottom left of the Available Packages dialog box.
Then either you were hitting some kind of bug in your PyCharm at that time or you didn’t update the list of packages.

Update PyCharm

By default, PyCharm is configured to check for updates automatically and notify you when a new version is available. Updates are usually patch-based : they are applied to the existing installation and only require you to restart the IDE. However, sometimes patch updates are not available, and a new version of PyCharm must be installed.

Toolbox App

If you installed PyCharm using the Toolbox App, it will suggest to update when a new version is available. If you want the Toolbox App to automatically update all managed tools:

Open the Toolbox App and click the screw nut icon in the top right corner to open the settings.

You can also configure the update settings for every managed IDE instance separately:

Choose whether you want to stay on the current major version, automatically update the instance, and what update channel to use:

Release : Update only to stable releases that are recommended for production.

Release and EAP : Includes updates to beta releases, release candidates, and Early Access Program (EAP) builds, which are not recommended for production and include feature previews.

Release, EAP, and Nightly : Includes highly unstable nightly builds.

Standalone instance

If you installed PyCharm manually, updates are managed by the standalone instance itself. It will notify you when a new version is available (show you a notification in the Events tool window). You can choose to update the current instance, download and install the new version as a separate instance, postpone the notification, or ignore the update entirely.

You can manage PyCharm updates on the Updates page under Appearance and Behavior | System Settings in the Settings/Preferences dialog Ctrl+Alt+S :

Check for updates manually

If you disabled automatic update checks, click the Check Now button to see if a newer version is available.

Alternatively, you can check for updates from the main menu:

For Windows and Linux: Help | Check for Updates

For macOS: PyCharm | Check for Updates

Choose the update channel

Use the list of update channels to limit the types of releases you would like to use.

Early Access Program : Provides all updates, including major version EAP builds and minor version Preview builds. This channel is not recommended for production development.

EAP versions can be updated to both newer EAP and stable PyCharm versions. If an EAP version is updated to a stable version at some point, the name of the original installation directory does not change.

Beta Releases or Public Previews : Includes stable releases, release candidates, and beta releases. Some updates in this channel may contain minor bugs and feature previews.

Stable Releases : Includes only stable releases that are recommended for production.

View and manage ignored updates

If you decide to ignore a proposed update for some reason, you can later view every update that you ignored and make it available again if you change your mind.

Click the View/edit ignored updates link. The Ignored Updates dialog lists the build numbers that are currently ignored.

To make a certain build available, delete it from the ignored updates list.

If you delete several updates from the ignored list, only the most recent will be offered for download when you check for updates.

Snap package

If you installed PyCharm as a snap package, it will manage updates automatically. All snaps are updated automatically in the background every day. You can also get the latest version of all snaps manually at any time by running the following command:

Or if you want to update only the PyCharm snap: