Intellij/Pycharm can't debug Python modules
Question: I use **PyCharm** /**IntelliJ** community editions from a wile to write and
debug Python scripts, but now I'm trying to debug a **Python module** , and
PyCharm does a wrong command line instruction parsing, causing an execution
error, or maybe I'm making a bad configuration.

This is my run/debug configuration:

![IntelliJ run/debug Python module
configuration](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Jrddy.png)

And this is executed when I run the module (no problems here):

    
    
    /usr/bin/python3.4 -m histraw
    

But when I debug, this is the output in the IntelliJ console:

    
    
    /usr/bin/python3.4 -m /opt/apps/pycharm/helpers/pydev/pydevd.py --multiproc --client 127.0.0.1 --port 57851 --file histraw
    /usr/bin/python3.4: Error while finding spec for '/opt/apps/pycharm/helpers/pydev/pydevd.py' (<class 'ImportError'>: No module named '/opt/apps/pycharm/helpers/pydev/pydevd')
    
    Process finished with exit code 1
    

As you can see, the parameters are wrong parsed, and after `-m` option a
IntelliJ debug script is passed before the module name.

I also tried just put `-m histraw` in the _Script_ field, but doesn't work,
that field is only to put Python script paths, not modules.

Any ideas?


Answer: There is another way to make it work.You can write a python script to run your
module.Then just configure PyCharm to run **this script**.

    
    
    import sys
    import os
    import runpy
    path = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[__name__].__file__)
    path = os.path.join(path, '..')
    sys.path.insert(0, path)
    runpy.run_module('<your module name>', run_name="__main__",alter_sys=True)
    

Then the debugger works.

