PyCharm – TERM environment variable not set

It can happen that you get this message in the PyCharm console. “TERM environment variable not set.” Here now the simple way to solve that issue.

The example Python script

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

import os

os.system('clear')

The annoying error will displayed in PyCharm.

Solution

Open “Run/Debug configuration” and add an environment variable “TERM=xterm-color”

PyCharm environment variable
PyCharm run debug configuration

That’s it already … The message should no longer appear.