1. Problems
When installing python through file-->settings-->Plugins, it will prompt that the download fails. The following methods can be used to solve it.
Second, the solution
1. Check the IDEA version in help/about, the author's is 181.4445
2. Download the corresponding version of the python plugin from https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/631-python
3. Unzip to IDEA's plugins directory under windows. The author's is: C:\ProgramFiles\IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1.1\plugins\python-2018.1.181.4445.78
4. Select the plugin installation method in IDEA as Inatall plugin from disk... , and then select C:\ProgramFiles\IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1.1\plugins\python-2018.1.181.4445.78\python\lib\python.jar to install , then restart IDEA
5. Click File/New Project/Python, set the Project SDK, and create a Python project
6. Create a new simple test file in the Python project to test whether the Python environment is successfully configured.
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Reference link:
1. Solve the problem of plugin download failure of Jetbrains products (IntelliJ IDEA, RubyMine, WebStorm, PhpStorm, PyCharm, AppCode, Android Studio, etc.)
2. Idea installs the Python plugin and configures the Python SDK