After upgrade MacOS terminal showing: zsh: command not found: flutter

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Recently I updated Mac OS to latest Catalina. Now when entering a flutter command like the following,

flutter --version

my terminal (which is using zsh) shows me following error:

zsh: command not found: flutter

How do I reinstate the path to allow flutter commands from any directory?

first answer ok, but for who does not like vim here is other way for Ubuntu users: 1. open terminal ``` ctrl + alt + t ``` 2. `` nano $HOME/.zshrc ``` 3. at the end of the file add the following line ( please replace [flutter_dir] with your director ``` export PATH=$PATH:[flutter_dir]/flutter/bin ``` 4. exit -> save ``` ctrl + x ``` 5. source ~/.zshrc — ElsayedDev, Nov 03 '22 at 20:05
This question is clearly relevant to software tools primarily used by programmers. The fact that as of today it has 90 upvotes and that the most-upvoted answer has 305 upvotes shows how many people have found this question useful. — ClayJ, Nov 12 '22 at 23:25
In my case, my problem was the relative path to the flutter folder. I changed it to the absolute path and it was all fine. — cansu, Feb 27 '23 at 15:52

score 377 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 09 '22 at 06:28

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You need to update the environment path.

Open terminal.
vim $HOME/.zshrc
Press "I" key for going to insert mode.
add the following line in the opened file:

export PATH="$PATH:/YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin"
Press "Esc" then write :wq! in terminal and press enter to exit vim.
Reopen the terminal and check "flutter doctor"

If this solution did not work, remove the double quote from path or use the full path explicitly instead of ~.

edited Apr 09 '22 at 06:28

Basheer AL-MOMANI

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answered Nov 29 '19 at 05:36

Murad Al Wajed

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Thanks. I actually used the format of PATH in my system "export PATH=/FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin:$PATH" and it works. the $PATH proceeds after the flutter dir – CanCoder Jan 07 '20 at 16:37
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is the "I" key the pipe? Or capital "I" as in Indigo or lower case "l" as in lima? – Crystal Aug 20 '20 at 01:45
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I need to remove double quote from path to get it work.. – bittu Dec 08 '20 at 04:39
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This worked wonders! Thanks! I already had an anaconda block added automatically by the installation, I wrote export PATH=$PATH:~/development/flutter/bin above it and now both work fine. – Giordan Pretelin Mar 11 '21 at 13:55
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Removing double quotes was what was needed for me. Thanks! – ZeMoon Mar 27 '21 at 12:06
This ```export PATH="$HOME/.flutter/bin:$PATH"``` worked for me. On macOS Big Sur 11.2.3(Apple M1). – Nelson Mfinda Apr 05 '21 at 19:37
I can't understand, you solution works for me but `flutter` extends only in `$HOME` directory. If I call `flutter` in sub directory, for example `$HOME/Downloads`, it still says `flutter not found`. What should I do? – just-Luka Mar 03 '22 at 17:37
didn't work for me with or without double quotes – Vivek Pratap Singh Mar 15 '22 at 09:43
Also Exit terminal and again open it. to run flutter doctor in working state. – Ramkesh Yadav Jul 02 '22 at 09:46
don't forget to type `source .zshrc` after editing .zshrc – Burak Senel Sep 20 '22 at 10:51
@GiordanPretelin thanks you saved my time. export PATH=$PATH:~/flutter/bin – Erhan Demirci Oct 19 '22 at 11:16
If this solution did not work, write it: `export PATH="$PATH":"$HOME/development/flutter/bin"` – Yusuf Jan 12 '23 at 14:37
export PATH=$PATH:/YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin works for me. Without the double quote. Also, I had the same line twice and I faced the same error. Make sure that you have only one line. – MD. Shafiul Alam Biplob Jan 15 '23 at 16:59
I is capital i, @Crystal – Saeef Minhaz Jan 23 '23 at 06:14
Removing double quotes was what was needed for me. Thanks – zulkarnain shah Feb 01 '23 at 04:58
I was searching how to do this, thank you man. If I had 2 accounts I would push 2 upvotes for you. – Wodota ML Mar 29 '23 at 17:02

score 91 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 26 '20 at 19:09

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Working on macOS Catalina 10.15.5 (19F101). I have used .zprofile instead of .zhrc

Provide Full Disk Access to Terminal by Setting -> Security & Privacy -> Full Disk Access. Add Terminal
If the current terminal uses bash, change to zshell using the below command

chsh -s /bin/zsh
In the root directory i.e something like /Users/^YourAccount^ execute the below

touch .zprofile

vim .zprofile
Press I to enter insert mode. Type the below

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/^YourAccount^/^YourPath^/flutter/bin
Save and quit by pressing Esc, then :wq and Enter
Close Terminal and reopen Again. Then try executing flutter command

answered Jun 26 '20 at 19:09

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First recommendation "Provide Full Disk Access to Terminal by Setting -> Security & Privacy -> Full Disk Access. Add Terminal" works for me. Tnx. – kokserek Jul 27 '20 at 09:17
Worked for me as well ! Thanks for help – nandini23 May 26 '21 at 10:23
Why we are giving full disk access to terminal ? @iamnagaky – nandini23 May 26 '21 at 10:25
As because we are using terminal to execute the flutter commands. I am not very sure of the specifics. – iamnagaky Jun 01 '21 at 12:21
Providing full disk access worked for me. I did all the stuff given in the above answer. – Vishal Gupta Sep 14 '21 at 05:20
Thanks.After long research I got the solution – Ashikur Rahman Sep 16 '21 at 05:08
Workin on macOs Catalina 10.15.7 (19H1519) – Luisfayre Nov 02 '21 at 16:56
This worked for me! After following these steps, I deleted the flutter SDK 'cache' folder inside the bin folder, then went into my flutter project and ran flutter clean then flutter run. I'm using a macOS Big Sur, version 11.6.4, Thanks so much! – Sharon Atim Apr 15 '22 at 18:14
Also worked on Monterey. Thanks! – Hossein Yousefpour Apr 18 '22 at 20:46
I'm using macOS Monterey Version 12.5.1, and it worked for me :) – Hailey Yoon Sep 04 '22 at 17:31

surhidamatya · Answer 3 · 2020-12-19T12:47:51.297

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For me removing double quotes did the fix.

Try changing

export PATH="$PATH:[PATH TO FLUTTER]/flutter/bin"

into

export PATH=$PATH:[PATH TO FLUTTER]/flutter/bin

adding few more steps for easiness:

Open terminal.

vim $HOME/.zshrc

Press "I" to open insert mode.

add the following line in the opened file:

export PATH=$PATH:[PATH TO FLUTTER]/flutter/bin (remember I don't have double quotes here)

Press "Esc" then type :wq in terminal to exit edit mode.

Type source .zshrc to reload the terminal for changes

edited Dec 19 '20 at 12:47

answered Aug 02 '20 at 06:35

surhidamatya

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`source .zshrc` to reload the terminal worked for me. Thanks! – Sapar Friday Sep 23 '21 at 07:45
It's weird, but it works for me. Any explanation why removing quotes helps? – anber Jan 26 '22 at 10:32
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for Ubuntu user's please use source ~/.zshrc instead of source .zshrc – ElsayedDev Nov 03 '22 at 19:55

score 41 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 15 '19 at 19:08

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You must update your environment $PATH variable.

1) Open the file $HOME/.zshrc $HOME is your home path

2) add the following line in the opened file:

export PATH="$PATH:/YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin"

3) save the changes and restart your terminal session.

The process is also documented here

answered Oct 15 '19 at 19:08

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For others wondering...(stupid me, but) the 'restart terminal session' did the trick for me. (do the same in Android Studio of Visual Studio Code!) – R. Flierman Jan 08 '20 at 20:30
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Same here. The post important part "restart your terminal session." Or you could spend extra 1 hour. – Atakan Akbulut Aug 25 '22 at 07:34

score 29 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 01 '20 at 11:51

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Follow these steps:

Open finder Enter Cmd + Shift + G

Type ~ in Go to the folder popup.

Now enter Cmd + Shift + . to show hidden files.

Open .zshrc

Add this line

export PATH="$PATH:/YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin"

Replace this /YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR with the path to your flutter directory. In my mac, the path is

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/FlutterDevelopment/flutter/bin

answered Aug 01 '20 at 11:51

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Any explanation why removing quotes helps? – anber Jan 26 '22 at 10:32
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@anber: Bcz it contains a variable $PATH, which would resolve to actual path localtion. if you still want to use "" then replace $PATH with actual path. Hope it helps. – user3305074 Jan 30 '22 at 05:48

score 14 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 16 '20 at 12:05

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in android studio terminal, simply just type this command:

export PATH="/YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin:$PATH"

change YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR to your actual directory

answered Sep 16 '20 at 12:05

Mohammad Alotol

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I hate to admit it, but it wasn't working for me and your answer made me realize I left off the leading "/" in my path... doh! – AWP Jun 18 '21 at 21:56
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double quotes not needed in big Sur – arjunkn Jun 25 '21 at 19:22

score 12 · Answer 7 · edited Oct 28 '19 at 03:12

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I updated from Mojave to Catalina and running Terminal, switched to the default/preferred zsh shell, from the bash shell. Then was hit with

zsh: command not found: flutter

so, followed the advice seen elsewhere to only add the following to Users/MyUserId/.zshrc

export PATH="$PATH:/YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin"

echo $PATH showed that /Users/MyUserId/flutter/bin was now one of the configured PATHs. However, I couldn't get "flutter doctor" to work but came across a post on jelliesgame.com which suggested copying

Users/MyUserId/.bash_profile to Users/MyUserId/.zshenv

Now, flutter doctor gives a clean bill of health

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answered Oct 27 '19 at 17:11

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this is because some other exports have messed your zsh profile. Who experience similar issues - check if you have messed lines like 'export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin$PATH' and change them to export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin/:$PATH - notice : symbol before PATH – Eugene Martinson Mar 06 '22 at 09:03

score 10 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 01 '20 at 13:47

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This worked for me:

Steps:

Type on the terminal:

open .zshrc (This opens the document in text edit)

Add this to the end of the file:

export PATH="/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Documents/code/tools/flutter/bin:$PATH"

Save and close .zshrc
Then type:
```
flutter doctor
```

edited Nov 01 '20 at 13:47

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answered Nov 01 '20 at 10:59

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score 8 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 05 '20 at 17:01

Had the same issue and just realized that I forgot to add the close quote

So the correct way is to add to .zshrc by typing vim ~/.zshrc

PATH="$PATH:$HOME/Flutter/flutter/bin"

or

export PATH="$PATH:/YOUR_FLUTTER_DIR/flutter/bin"

then run source ~/.zshrc or just open a new terminal window

score 6 · Answer 10 · answered May 31 '20 at 01:00

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I tried installing flutter on my MAC according to the advice here, but it still doesn't work, after searching for it I found an article here.

So, I change my .zshrc file to:

export PATH="$PATH:/Users/YOUR_PROVILE_NAME/YOUR_DEVELOPMENT_FOLDER/flutter/bin"

Change YOUR_PROVILE_NAME to your name profile, also YOUR_DEVELOPMENT_FOLDER to your development folder for flutter

and now it's working.

Note: I use Catalina OS v10.15.4

answered May 31 '20 at 01:00

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This did the trick for me as well, thanks! I'm on macOS Big Sur 11.0 – JJuice Dec 01 '20 at 16:38

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '19 at 05:45

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I followed URL to resolve my issue.

I simply created a .zshrc file which was not exist then added my PATH variables copied from existing .bashrc.

answered Oct 16 '19 at 05:45

Code Hunter

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please provide the url's content, as URL's may expire – Adnan Mar 26 '22 at 05:46

score 3 · Answer 12 · answered May 18 '20 at 11:33

I had the same problem when upgrading to mac Catalina 10.15.4:

After many days of research, I have achieved success. Here are the steps I did:

First, open the terminal on your mac.

Next, use the command

 cat .bash_profile

and copy the content.

Then type this command into the terminal:

nano $ HOME / .zshrc

and paste the content just copied above into. Save then type

source $ HOME / .zshrc

to refresh this file. Next type

echo $ PATH

to see if the content has been updated. If successful type

flutter --version

and you will see the result.

score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 04 '20 at 10:52

There are quite a few answers mentioned above pretty much same. I would say worth seeing into the SHELL using echo $SHELL command,

If you’re using Bash, edit $HOME/.bash_profile or $HOME/.bashrc. If you’re using Z shell, edit $HOME/.zshrc. If you’re using a different shell, the file path and filename will be different on your machine.

N.B. Don't forget you need to add VIM before either command in the terminal app.

For further details, click the link Update your path, and look into the section Update your Path. I hope it would help many especially new comers to MAC OS. Cheers

score 3 · Answer 14 · answered Aug 10 '20 at 16:05

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For me .zshrc worked instead of .zprofile. I believe this is because I had created .zshrc earlier and now when I tried creating .zprofile, it was looking into .zshrc file.

You can check if .zshrc file using ls -a command

answered Aug 10 '20 at 16:05

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