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Hasan TEZCAN
Hasan TEZCAN

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Solution of "Can't find Python executable 'python'" Node Error

Hello everyone, today we will take a look at a mix-in problem. The main reason of this situation is deprecated dependencies.

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The project that we developed use a node version 14.18.0 and we use a node-sass version 4.14.1 package and this package also deprecated for today.

PS: You can use normal sass package today instead of node-sass.

The error out looks like these



Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.


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The python3 was already installed on my pc. But this is not helped at all.

We need to install python 2.7.18

We can use pyenv to work multiple python version. Let's download it.

1- Install "pyenv"



brew install pyenv


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2- Install the "2.7.18" version of python



pyenv install 2.7.18


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and set it as a global



pyenv global 2.7.18


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3- Add python executable directory to PATH



export PATH="${HOME}/.pyenv/shims:${PATH}"


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You can check the PATHs with;



echo $PATH


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4- Add python executable directory to the .npmrc



npm config set python $(which python)


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You can check the config with



npm config list 


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or check from .npmrc;



cat .npmrc


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After these steps, you can able to work with "python" and the node starts to will work with the "python" alias.

Arrivederci 👋


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Aaron

thanks. that's great.

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Vlad

worked for me

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Uzay Kaya

Tesekkurler Hasan,

export PATH="${HOME}/.pyenv/shims:${PATH}" bu adim icin zshrc'ye eklenmesi gerektigini belirten bir aciklama eklenebilir