Pycharm Couldn't recognise QGIS 2.8.11's python 2.7.5 packaging tools. win 7

Question

using "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\bin\python.exe" for my project interpreter in pycharm and, path variables as : PYTHONHOME = "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\bin" PYTHONPATH = "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib" when I execute code in pycharm containing PyQt4, it will give me an error (no module named PyQt4) and when i try to install packaging tools via pycharm settings, it will give me another error called"no module named socket"... exact code is written below->

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\ash\appdata\local\temp\tmpodyeojpycharm-management\setuptools-28.8.0\setup.py", line 11, in <module>
    import setuptools
  File "c:\users\ash\appdata\local\temp\tmpodyeojpycharm-management\setuptools-28.8.0\setuptools\__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from setuptools.extern.six.moves import filter, filterfalse, map
  File "c:\users\ash\appdata\local\temp\tmpodyeojpycharm-management\setuptools-28.8.0\setuptools\extern\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pkg_resources.extern import VendorImporter
  File "c:\users\ash\appdata\local\temp\tmpodyeojpycharm-management\setuptools-28.8.0\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
    import email.parser
  File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib\email\parser.py", line 12, in <module>
    from email.feedparser import FeedParser
  File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib\email\feedparser.py", line 27, in <module>
    from email import message
  File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib\email\message.py", line 16, in <module>
    import email.charset
  File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib\email\charset.py", line 13, in <module>
    import email.base64mime
  File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib\email\base64mime.py", line 40, in <module>
    from email.utils import fix_eols
  File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib\email\utils.py", line 28, in <module>
    import socket
  File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib\socket.py", line 47, in <module>
    import _socket
ImportError: No module named _socket

how can I solve that?

Answer 1

found what the problem was! for using qgis python version in windows,

set PYTHONHOME = C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27

And

set PYTHONPATH to where the packaging is:

PYTHONPATH = C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\apps\Python27\Lib

***and most important is the system variable PATH which should point to both directories above as well as where the scripts are and where the python.exe is so:

add PATH (add by ; as front) = ;%PYTHONHOME%;%PYTHONHOME%\Scripts;C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\bin;%PATH%

to your current path.

So with every IDE(pycharm, notepad++, etc...) that you use, everything should be fine now...

for adding modules like "exifread" to your current site-packaging(PyQt4, numpy and so on) you can read it here:

http://quantumofgis.blogspot.be/2014/11/qgis-standalone-and-python-modules.html