Cannot find appcfg.py or dev_appserver.py?

Question

My computer says...

"-bash: appcfg.py: command not found"

What is wrong?

I can run my application using google-app-engine-launcher and I have python pre-installed.

I am trying to upload my app using "appcfg.py update myapp"

I am new to Mac development.

Answer 1

If someone (like me) comes across this more recently due to appcfg.py and dev_appserver.py still appearing frequently in the documentation:

0.9.68 (2015/07/08)

[...]

• The standalone App Engine SDKs are no longer distributed through the Cloud SDK.
  • App Engine functionality can still be used through the gcloud preview app command group.
  • [...]
  • If you need to use appcfg or dev_appserver directly, these are still available in the App Engine SDK downloads that can be found here: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/downloads

(from google-cloud-sdk/RELEASE_NOTES)

Answer 2

In App Engine launcher there is a menu option called "Make Symlinks..." that adds symlinks for the various App Engine utility commands, like appcfg.py.

Answer 3

This is how my path dir looks like: Home/Brice/google_projects/google_appengine

I store both the google_appengine and my google_apps in my google_projects folder

In terminal: (While in my google_projects folder)

upload to localhost:

google_appengine/dev_appserver.py appname

upload to GAE:

google_appengine/appcfg.py update appname

and replace appname with the name of your app folder

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Try: ./appcfg.py

Current dir is usually not part of path.