Flutter version management. error : -bash: fvm: command not found

Question

I am trying to install the flutter version manager to switch the flutter version among the different flutter projects. I use the command to install the fvm - pub global activate fvm

but when I run the command on the terminal - fvm help There is an error -bash: fvm: command not found

How to fix it ?

score 23 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 12 '21 at 10:14

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Your .pub-cache binaries are not yet added to your PATH variable, used by your terminal. Add path with the following command:

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.pub-cache/bin"

This is the location where fvm is installed. So by exporting this path to your PATH variable you should be able to get fvm working from anywhere in your terminal.

edited Feb 12 '21 at 10:14

Corentin Houdayer

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answered Jan 23 '21 at 10:53

vanlooverenkoen

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mskolnick · Answer 2 · 2022-01-26T17:51:24.050

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If you installed fvm using pub and you already have it in your path but you are still getting the error, follow these steps:

run dart pub cache repair // You may get an error: Failed to precompile fvm:main:. Just ignore that for now.
run dart pub global activate fvm

edited Jan 26 '22 at 17:51

answered Mar 22 '21 at 15:55

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I run it on terminal VS Code Windows, it's still showing the error message. But when when i run it on Windows PowerShell Admin, the program is work – Miko Jun 03 '21 at 11:13
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@Miko Restart your VSCode. Your terminal needs to start a new session. – mskolnick Dec 08 '21 at 20:08
@Miko you just saved my day! I can't run it in git bash terminal, but it works like charm in PowerShell. – Sergey Molchanovsky Feb 24 '22 at 10:25

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '22 at 21:26

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you can do a

flutter clean

then when its done, run

dart pub global activate fvm

when it's done it should work now, close the current bash terminal and open a new one

answered Mar 15 '22 at 21:26

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 30 '20 at 18:02

You must add the path to the fvm executable to the $PATH environment variable. After running "pub global activate fvm" you should have seen a warning with instructions on how to fix it. You can watch this: https://youtu.be/R6vKde1vIGQ That will get you up and running.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 03 '22 at 22:18

First confirm if fvm.bat is executing successfully, you should have the folder already in environment variable PATH(%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Pub\Cache\bin). If it is then for fvm to run in bash, instead of fvm.bat, you need to create a shortcut, a file named fvm with no extension, the containing folder should also exist in PATH variable, the file contains location to fvm.bat and ends with a whitespace and S*.

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 09 '21 at 17:38

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if use windows 10 or later add system properties -> Environment Variables -> Path -> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Pub\Cache\bin

answered Dec 09 '21 at 17:38

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Flutter version management. error : -bash: fvm: command not found

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