how to fix “bash: flutter: command not found” error?

Question

I have been working on flutter using VScode with all environment variables set on Windows OS. Now i upgraded the flutter using \"flutter upgrade\" in Git Bash terminal of VScode

Answer 1

It's possible that the environment variable, that was previously set, got cleared at some point and that's why the Flutter command is not recognized.

In any case, one way to make sure that Flutter is in your profile is to add it to your path within your ~/.bash_profile (bash profile) file. The ~/.bash_profile is a script gets executed every time you open Git Bash.

Adding Flutter to your Bash Profile

1. Open your ~/.bash_profile file for editing:

$ nano ~/.bash_profile

2. Add to the top of your ~/.bash_profile file, the following lines:

# Add Flutter to PATH
PATH=/path/to/flutter/bin:$PATH

# Add Dart to PATH
PATH=/path/to/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin:$PATH

Replace /path/to/flutter, with the absolute path of your Flutter installation directory.

3. Apply the changes:

$ source ~/.bash_profile

Ensuring Git Bash is opened for non-login shells
(Credit: Charles Duffy)

$ echo "source ~/.bash_profile" >> ~/.bashrc