-bash: flutter: command not found

Question

I'm installing flutter, have followed all the steps in the documentation and also a online course and have set the Path in my .bash_profile file, however every time I try to run a Flutter command I get the error:

-bash: flutter: command not found

Above screen shot of my .bash_profile file.

Here's what I am trying to run:

Carsons-MBP:~ carsoncarbery$ flutter doctor

-bash: flutter: command not found

Carsons-MBP:~ carsoncarbery$ echo $PATH

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands:Users/carsoncarbery/development/tools/flutter/bin

My flutter folder is in this directory:

Users/carsoncarbery/development/tools/

Answer 1

On Mac OS, insert single quotes OR double quotes around the file path like below. It's better to work like this with file paths in source files:

export PATH="/Users/carsoncarbery/development/tools/flutter/bin":$PATH

or

export PATH='/Users/carsoncarbery/development/tools/flutter/bin':$PATH

Answer 2

export PATH=/Users/carsoncarbery/development/tools/flutter/bin:$PATH

Answer 3

After scrambling a lot over many answers . finally I found out that we need to know which shell we are using.

So as per flutter docs,

If you’re using Bash, edit $HOME/.bash_profile or $HOME/.bashrc. If you’re using Z shell, edit $HOME/.zshrc.

As I was using Bash all I did was

touch .bash_profile

open .bash_profile

add my path in .bash_profile as

export PATH="$PATH:/Users/krtrsda/flutter/bin"

run flutter command & we are good to go..

If you are using Z shell

touch ~/.zshrc

open ~/.zshrc

and then add path same as we did for .bash_profile.

Answer 4

Thanks to pskink who solved this one for me. It should've been:

/users/

instead of:

users/

Answer 5

Removing quotes fixed the problem for me. Running MacOS Catalina 10.15.5

Before:

export PATH="$PATH:/Users/me/Developer/flutter/bin"

After:

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/me/Developer/flutter/bin

Answer 6

On macOS Catalina, open terminal, follow this step:

1. Create zshrc file: touch ~/.zshrc
2. Open file zshrc: open ~/.zshrc
3. Insert this line to file, type: export PATH="/Users/YOUR_NAME/Downloads/flutter/bin:$PATH" Save file and close. (explain: YOUR_NAME -is the name of the user your Mac, Downloads -is a folder I put folder flutter)

Answer 7

Here is the complete solution. First of all create zshrc file, if not create already. and to see this use cmd + shift + .

now you need to set environment path using

1. open terminal and hit command

2. vim $HOME/.zshrc

3. press "I" or "i" key for enabling inster mode.

4. add the path of your flutter sdk folder

same like the following line

export PATH="$PATH:/Users/mobileprogramming/Development/sdks/flutter/bin"

5. Press "Esc" then write :wq! in terminal and press enter to exit editing.
6. Reopen the terminal and check flutter doctor or just flutter