Flutter command not found

Question

Apparently, none of the Flutter commands are working in the terminal of Android Studio which I believe I am trying to run it at the root of my project.

Output:

bash: flutter: command not found

Solution 1

You need to correctly set up your Flutter path.

From macOS install - Update your path:

1. Determine the directory where you placed the Flutter SDK. You will need this in Step 3.

2. Open (or create) $HOME/.bash_profile. You can do that by using terminal text editor by going in terminal and typing nano ~/.bash_profile

   macOS v10.15 (Catalina) uses the Z shell by default, so edit $file HOME/.zshrc.

   If you are using a different shell, the file path and filename will be different on your machine.

3. Add the following line and change [PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY] to be the path where you cloned Flutter’s Git repository is:

    export PATH=[PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY]/flutter/bin:$PATH
   

   For example:

    export PATH=~/Documents/flutter/bin:$PATH
   

4. Press Ctrl + X and when it asks you to save the file, choose Yes

5. Run source $HOME/.bash_profile to refresh the current window or restart the terminal

6. Verify that the flutter/bin directory is now in your PATH by running:

    echo $PATH
   

   Notice that [PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY] is where you installed Flutter SDK, not the location of your app

Instead of nano, you can use any text editor to edit file ~/.bash_profile.

For zsh:

1. Open Terminal
2. Run: nano ~/.zshrc
3. Add: export PATH=[PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY]/flutter/bin:$PATH
4. Run: source ~/.zshrc
5. restart terminal
6. Run: flutter doctor -v

For example : if flutter in your machine has been installed under [your_username]/Developer/flutter

export PATH=Developer/flutter/bin:$PATH

Solution 2

I tried out all the methods in previous answers, but all of them lasted only while the terminal was open. So I went ahead and directly added it to the path file permanently.

sudo nano /etc/paths

Add this to the file:

/Users/yourUserName/Development/flutter/bin

Save the file by pressing Ctrl + X, Y and then Enter. Close the terminal and reopen it again. Tada!

Solution 3

If you are using zsh, you need to follow the steps below on Mac.

• Download the latest Flutter version from the official site.
• Unzip it and move to the $HOME location of your Mac.
• Add to the path via the .zshrc file.
• Run nano ~/.zshrc into an iTerm2 terminal.
• Export PATH=$HOME/flutter/bin:$PATH
• Save and close the ~/.zshrc file.
• Restart iTerm2.
• Now you will have the Flutter executable available.

Solution 4

Do the following steps:

1. Download the Flutter SDK

   Flutter SDK Archive

2. Extract it where do you want (for example /home/development/flutter)

3. Set your PATH. Edit your file with the command gedit ~/.profile. You need to add this line:

   export PATH=[location_where_you_extracted_flutter]/flutter/bin:$PATH
   

   I showed you above where I've extracted mine, so my export will look like this:

   export PATH=/home/myUser/development/flutter/bin:$PATH
   

4. Save the file and close it.

5. Run source ~/.profile to load the changes

6. If you now run flutter doctor, it should work!

Solution 5

If you are on macOS

First find the location of your Flutter SDK

Flutter SDK File: Write the below command on your terminal to download the Flutter SDK

git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git

For example: the SDK executable file name is flutter and it is in folder Downloads

Close and open your terminal again.

And enter the following commands in your terminal

cd Downloads # Go to Downloads

cd flutter   # Go to folder 'flutter'

pwd          # /Users/[USERNAME]/downloads/flutter/

whoami       # Your [USERNAME]

export PATH="/Users/[USERNAME]/downloads/flutter/bin":$PATH

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Comments

[lee]

Hi @Tree: After did above steps. And then run echo $PATH get the result: /Users/username/Documents/Project/Test/flutter/bin:/usr/loca‌​l/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:‌​/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr‌​/local/go/bin:/Appli‌​cations/Wireshark.ap‌​p/Contents/MacOS:Use‌​rs/username/Document‌​s/Flutter/flutter/bi‌​n. But I still got the same error when run flutter create -t module myapp_flutter

[lee]

Error: -bash: flutter: command not found. Please help me fix it.

[Corona]

This absolutely works! (if it does not, restart your terminal)

[mle]

Please use the markdown feature of the text editor to structure your answer a little more, so that it's easier for others to read and understand.

[FutureJJ]

Doesn't work when the terminal is reopened, please help.

[FutureJJ]

This worked, none of the other methods worked, the magic was to export the path to bashrc instead of any other paths. Thanks!!

[m3g4tr0n]

@FutureJJ Restart Your Computer

[FutureJJ]

@m3g4tr0n nope doesn't fix the issue. Exporting the above-mentioned path in .bashrc instead of .bash_profile fixed my issue.

[m3g4tr0n]

Great ..I am using Linux Mint 19.1 and adding code provided above in /etc/profile + restarting solved my issue..Without restarting the solution provided above doesn't work when terminal is reopened

[Daniel]

@Tree, step 5, very important. I have seen videos that omit it. Thank you.

[ymerdrengene]

This worked for me too! And it still works after restart of terminal

[Harshit Jindal]

@FutureJJ Updating in .bashrc instead of .bash_profile worked for me too

[Aniruddha Shevle]

@m3g4tr0n: Even after restarting my PC didn't work! I'm using MAC OS.

[m3g4tr0n]

@AniruddhaShevle Check out Caner's answer below it's for MAC OS

[Ives.me]

This worked. Just to expand the response. After adding the path to the file, press CTRL + X, Y and then ENTER. Now completely close(Quit) the terminal and reopen it again. Try the command flutter and it should work

[SametSahin]

Why is modifying .bash_profile works instead of .bashrc or vice-versa on a Mac? The installation guide on flutter.io says it's .bashrc we need to add the line but it was not the case for me.

[B.shruti]

Adding path in my .profile worked for me , add this in terminal gedit ~/.profile, and then add export PATH=/home/myUser/development/flutter/bin:$PATH

[luke cross]

Still are perfect answer to Manjaro problems and Arch base.

[Derence]

This is the only answer that worked for me. Thank you! To clarify for other beginners, you need to add "Users/yourUserName/yourPathToWhereYouInstalledFlutter/flutt‌​er/bin" (In my case, "/Development/" was "/Developer/SDKs/")

[pavel]

I can't understand how to config this

[Genes]

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 The solution worked while using ZSH terminal the .bashrc and .bash_profile do not work only the .zshrc solves the problem

[Tarun Seera]

thanks bro this worked for me, however for catelina I have used .zshrc instead .profile

[dayer4b]

you can use backticks (`) to set off monospaced code text. Example: export PATH=$PATH (this is typed as `export PATH=$PATH`) commonmark.org/help

[Prags]

@RonyB. i could not find "text file window. " in my code please describe

[Matrosov Oleksandr]

Step 3 is confused where to add this (Add the following line and change)?

[Lakshman Pilaka]

pdating in .bashrc instead of .bash_profile worked for me

[Crystal]

I cannot find the "Flutter SDK" I do however see "fluttter_patched_sdk" twice and "flutter_patched_sdk_product" twice. Where would it normally be stored?

[Pritam Mullick]

Thanks! This worked for me in macOS Catalina, however following below according to the Flutter docs wasn't working for me: export PATH="$PATH:[PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY]/flutter/bin"

[BNetz]

Great instruction, worked on macOS 10.15 (Catalina). Good to follow because of the detailed and concrete examples!!

[Saman]

Nice! Worked for me!

[Ali Akram]

echo $SHELL will tell which shell you are using.

[Peter Mortensen]

You ought to add note about mangesh being your user name (thus different for everybody else) - or similar. But without "Edit:", "Update:", or similar - the answer should appear as if it was written today.

[Peter Mortensen]

What is the "Wireshark Path problem"?

[Peter Mortensen]

Perhaps the guide doesn't mean "pwd" literally, but "current working directory"? Or the environment variable PWD (capital letters - the notation would probably need to be $PWD or ${PWD})? In any case, how reliable is the current working directory (not a rhetorical question)?

[Peter Mortensen]

"resource" for "rc"? Doesn't it stand for "run commands"? (Though, I was once told it stood for "recovery".)

[Peter Mortensen]

Wasn't it an macOS upgrade that changed the default shell?

[Dipin Krishnan]

Thanks. If you are BigSur user, try only this.

[Christopher Chalfant]

If you're struggling using ~/.zshrc be sure to remove the quotes!

[Vindhya Pratap Singh]

Write export PATH="$PATH:/home/mangesh/Documents/flutter_data/flutter/bin‌​/" in bash profile it works for me also mentioned on flutter doc. May be different for different shell.

[Delmontee]

For people like me who dont use macs - this above method works. Just open Visual studio, type the "sudo nano /etc/paths" line, which opens up a file in the terminal, then you literally add the next line to the bottom of the list and save it. close and reopen terminal and it works. My flutter sdk was installed on desktop so replaced "/Development" with "/Desktop"

[fsalazar_sch]

Did the same it doesn't work, please check your solution

[user2822565]

This is the way the tutorial should have people do it, thanks! Don't forget to open a new terminal and test it flutter works globally by checking the version outside of the flutter folder using "flutter --version"

[Aiiboo]

thanks that's work for me too on macOS Monterey (12.1)

[Bitlejuce Do]

Best answer, should be on top. Thanks

[user1034912]

please add more detail. where is .bashrc file?

[Mousa Alribi]

for me I added in .bash_profile { export PATH="$PATH:pwd/flutter/bin" export PATH="$PATH:pwd/flutter/" export PATH="/Users/CHANGETHISTOYOURS/flutter/bin:$PATH" } and it worked in terminal and android studio with no issues !

[Madian Malfi]

source ~/.zshrc ,what i was missing

[Leon Matota]

Out of all options, this worked for me. Thank you

[ioopl]

My issues was this error bash: melos: command not found and ultimately this worked for me flutter pub global activate melos 0.4.11+2