Flutter binary and Dart binary path problem

Question

Currently in the process of installing everything related to Flutter (VS, VS Code, Extensions...) and went into a problem.

I am following this Help Document; but seem to have encountered a problem.

While doing Step 3 (Validating VS Code Setup), I type in "doctor" in VS Code Command Palette, and I see 2 errors in the output, saying that Flutter binary and Dart binary is not on my path.

It says "consider adding XXX to your path", but it didn't do anything when adding exactly this in the "Environment Variables Path" In my windows. Is that the path they're talking about ?

Tried adding directory they recommended me to add, to my Environment Variables, under the "Path" button, didn't change anything. Was that the right place to put this directory ?

Answer 1

Add dart-sdk to PATH variable of User Variables and System Variables both, along with flutter\bin path.

So, your flutter path is:

C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\flutter\bin

Make sure you have added this above path to both User Variables and System Variables.

Now, add dart-sdk path which is inside flutter\bin, so it will be:

C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk

Now, add this, above path to both User Variables and System Variables.

Now, try to run:

flutter doctor

Answer 2

If you happen to be using ubuntu (I am on ubuntu 24.04) and encounter a similar problem try updating your .bash_profile to use export PATH="$HOME/development/flutter/bin:$PATH" instead of export PATH="~/development/flutter/bin:$PATH" as recommended by the flutter website. Please not that this assumes that you will have followed the instructions listed on the website https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install/linux/android