Pkg.add("PyCall") every time?

Could you post the output of the status command here? Type ] to get in pkg> mode, then type status and enter:

tkluck@tkluck-xps:~$ /usr/bin/julia
               _
   _       _ _(_)_     |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 1.0.3
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Ubuntu ⛬  julia/1.0.3+dfsg-4
|__/                   |

(v1.0) pkg> status
    Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.0/Project.toml`
...