Meteor command not found

Question

I installed the same version from Official Windows Meteor Support on one computer and the command "meteor" runs normally, now I tried to install in another computer but is giving me the issue that the "meteor command was not found". I tried to add the path to the system variables, but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Thank you

Answer 1

I have just discovered in Windows (I am using Windows 8.1) that you have to type meteor.bat to invoke meteor. e.g. meteor.bat create myapp

Answer 2

The answers already listed were only half the answer for me.

The following steps, resolved the issue.

Set the SYSTEM Environment Variable to:

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\.meteor

Or if you prefer, change to your username explicitly

C:\Users\rich\AppData\Local\.meteor

Then as per the accepted answer on this question.

Create a file named meteor in the directory where the meteor.bat is. E.g. the path above.

Hint, you can use

touch meteor

Copy these lines into the file and save

#!/bin/sh
cmd //c "$0.bat" "$@"

Answer 3

For others that might come across this issue.

I'm on Windows 10 and installed Meteor 1.4. Was getting meteor command not found when trying to run meteor from command prompt.

I checked my users PATH variables and found this entry:

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\.meteor\

I removed the last backslash, saved the PATH variables, and then opened a new command prompt. The meteor command was now recognized.

My PATH variable entry now looks like this with the last backslash removed:

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\.meteor

Note: You can replace %username% with your actual windows username. The entry should work fine as the system will resolve it to your username.

Answer 4

If path variable is not present in environment variables, You can execute the command only from the directory where meteor is present. i.e., "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local.meteor\" directory.

To use the meteor from any directory inside the command prompt, Add path variable to the environment settings.

"C:\Users\username\AppData\Local.meteor\meteor.bat". Restart command prompt if already open. This will enable meteor command to work everywhere.