Add Flutter to your PATH

Learn how to add Flutter to your PATH environment variable after downloading the SDK. Adding Flutter to your PATH allows you to use the flutter and dart command-line tools in terminals and IDEs.

Windows

Add Flutter to your path on Windows.

macOS

Add Flutter to your path on macOS.

Linux

Add Flutter to your path on Linux.

ChromeOS

Add Flutter to your path on ChromeOS.

To run flutter and dart commands in a terminal on Windows, add the Flutter SDK's bin directory to the Path environment variable.

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location
Copy the absolute path to the directory that you downloaded and extracted the Flutter SDK into.
Navigate to the environment variables settings
1. Press Windows + Pause.
  If your keyboard lacks a Pause key, try Windows + Fn + B.
  The System > About dialog opens.
2. Click Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Environment Variables....
  The Environment Variables dialog opens.
Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path
1. In the User variables for (username) section of the Environment Variables dialog, look for the Path entry.
2. If the Path entry exists, double-click it.
  The Edit Environment Variable dialog should open.
  1. Double-click inside an empty row.
  2. Type the path to the bin directory of your Flutter installation.
    For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop\flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd type the following:
    %USERPROFILE%\develop\flutter\bin
  3. Click the Flutter entry you added to select it.
  4. Click Move Up until the Flutter entry sits at the top of the list.
  5. To confirm your changes, click OK three times.
3. If the entry doesn't exist, click New....
  The Edit Environment Variable dialog should open.
  1. In the Variable Name box, type Path.
  2. In the Variable Value box, type the path to the bin directory of your Flutter installation.
    For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop\flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd type the following:
    %USERPROFILE%\develop\flutter\bin
  3. To confirm your changes, click OK three times.
Apply your changes
To apply this change and get access to the flutter tool, close and reopen all open command prompts, sessions in your terminal apps, and IDEs.
Validate your setup
To ensure you successfully added the SDK to your PATH, open command prompt or your preferred terminal app, then try running the flutter and dart tools.
```
$ flutter --version
$ dart --version
```
If either command isn't found, check out Flutter installation troubleshooting.

To run flutter and dart commands in a terminal on macOS, add the Flutter SDK's bin directory to the PATH environment variable.

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location
Copy the absolute path to the directory that you downloaded and extracted the Flutter SDK into.
Open or create the Zsh environment variable file
If it exists, open the Zsh environment variable file ~/.zprofile in your preferred text editor. If it doesn't exist, create the ~/.zprofile file.
Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path
At the end of your ~/.zprofile file, use the built-in export command to update the PATH variable to include the bin directory of your Flutter installation.
Replace <path-to-sdk> with the path to your Flutter SDK installation.
bash
```
export PATH="<path-to-sdk>/bin:$PATH"
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd add the following to the file:
bash
```
export PATH="$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"
```
Save your changes
Save, then close, the ~/.zprofile file you edited.
Apply your changes
To apply this change and get access to the flutter tool, close and reopen all open Zsh sessions in your terminal apps and IDEs.
Validate your setup
To ensure you successfully added the SDK to your PATH, open a Zsh session in your preferred terminal, then try running the flutter and dart tools.
```
$ flutter --version
$ dart --version
```
If either command isn't found, check out Flutter installation troubleshooting.

To run flutter and dart commands in a terminal on Linux, add the Flutter SDK's bin directory to the PATH environment variable.

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location
Copy the absolute path to the directory that you downloaded and extracted the Flutter SDK into.
Determine your default shell
If you don't know what shell you use, check which shell starts when you open a new console window.
```
$ echo $SHELL
```
Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path
To add the bin directory of your Flutter installation to your PATH:
1. Expand the instructions for your default shell.
2. Copy the provided command.
3. Replace <path-to-sdk> with the path to your Flutter SDK install.
4. Run the edited command in your preferred terminal with that shell.
Expand for bash instructions
```
$ echo 'export PATH="<path-to-sdk>:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
```
Expand for zsh instructions
```
$ echo 'export PATH="<path-to-sdk>/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshenv
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshenv
```
Expand for fish instructions
```
$ fish_add_path -g -p <path-to-sdk>/bin
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ fish_add_path -g -p ~/develop/flutter/bin
```
Expand for csh instructions
```
$ echo 'setenv PATH "<path-to-sdk>/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.cshrc
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ echo 'setenv PATH "$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.cshrc
```
Expand for tcsh instructions
```
$ echo 'setenv PATH "<path-to-sdk>/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.tcshrc
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ echo 'setenv PATH "$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.tcshrc
```
Expand for ksh instructions
```
$ echo 'export PATH="<path-to-sdk>/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
```
Expand for sh instructions
```
$ echo 'export PATH="<path-to-sdk>/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
```
Apply your changes
To apply this change and get access to the flutter tool, close and reopen all open shell sessions in your terminal apps and IDEs.
Validate your setup
To ensure you successfully added the SDK to your PATH, open your preferred terminal with your default shell, then try running the flutter and dart tools.
```
$ flutter --version
$ dart --version
```
If either command isn't found, check out Flutter installation troubleshooting.

To run flutter and dart commands in a terminal on chromeOS, add the Flutter SDK's bin directory to the PATH environment variable.

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location
Copy the absolute path to the directory that you downloaded and extracted the Flutter SDK into.
Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path
To add the bin directory of your Flutter installation to your PATH:
1. Copy the following command.
2. Replace <path-to-sdk> with the path to your Flutter SDK install.
3. Run the edited command in your preferred terminal.
```
$ echo 'export PATH="<path-to-sdk>:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
```
For example, if you downloaded Flutter into a develop/flutter folder inside your user directory, you'd run the following:
```
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/develop/flutter/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
```
Apply your changes
To apply this change and get access to the flutter tool, close and reopen all open Zsh sessions in your terminal apps and IDEs.
Validate your setup
To ensure you successfully added the SDK to your PATH, open a Zsh session in your preferred terminal, then try running the flutter and dart tools.
```
$ flutter --version
$ dart --version
```
If either command isn't found, check out Flutter installation troubleshooting.

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Add Flutter to your PATH

Windows

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location

Navigate to the environment variables settings

Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path

Apply your changes

Validate your setup

macOS

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location

Open or create the Zsh environment variable file

Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path

Save your changes

Apply your changes

Validate your setup

Linux

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location

Determine your default shell

Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path

Apply your changes

Validate your setup

ChromeOS

Determine your Flutter SDK installation location

Add the Flutter SDK bin to your path

Apply your changes

Validate your setup