why am i getting (gsutil): "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe": command not found

Question

After installing Google cloud sdk and connecting to desired firebase project i am receiving :

ERROR: (gsutil) "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe": command not found when running any gsutil command.

My current stup is:

windows 10
Google Cloud SDK 281.0.0
bq 2.0.53
core 2020.02.14
gsutil 4.47
python 3.7

My theory is, that while installed "correctly" python doesnt have access to gsutil commands

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I was able to solve it by setting a new environment variable for CLOUDSDK_PYTHON. On windows 10 you can do this from the command line in 2 ways:

1. Set an env variable for the current terminal session set CLOUDSDK_PYTHON="C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe"

2. Set a permanent env variable setx CLOUDSDK_PYTHON="C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe"

The file path will probably be different for everyone, so check first where is python.exe located and use your own path. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Run:

set CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe

Note: There should be no quotes around the python path like this "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe" or it would attempt to run the command with quotes, which we know won't work.