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Failure: executable "/usr/local/bin/pylint" not found

See original GitHub issue

Plugin version: 0.10.2
PyCharm/IDEA version: 2018.3
Pylint version: 2.1.1
1. Install pylint3 globally (apt-get remove pylint3) or pip3 install pylint
2. Install this plugin
3. Restart Pycharms
4. Open pycharms, go to file->settings->Pylint and set path to /usr/local/bin/pylint
5. Click test

Observed Results:

Failure: executable “/usr/local/bin/pylint” not found

Expected Results:

Debugging

Confirm pylint location

>>>  which pylint
/usr/local/bin/pylint

Confirm pylint runs

>>> pylint --version
pylint 2.1.1
astroid 2.0.4
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 12 2018, 13:43:14) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609]

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:8 (3 by maintainers)

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asyschikovcommented, Feb 28, 2019

@leinardi are there any particular reasons why pylint must be in the same env? I don’t see a point in installing pylint in every env I use (dozens of them).

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fzyzcjycommented, Mar 4, 2022

I am facing the same problem in https://github.com/leinardi/pylint-pycharm/issues/89. Could you please provide some suggestions?