After updating my Macbook Air into MacOS Monterey 12.3 I get an error "exec: "python": executable file not found in $PATH" when compiling my script. I checked the right python version in the right folder and that is okay. Did several restarts and installed IDE latest version on my Macbook. Still not…

Starting the IDE with the Terminal app works for me: open /Applications/Arduino1.8.19.app Termial has command completion so you can type: open /App[TAB] Terminal will expand that to: open /Applications/ You then type Ard[TAB] and that will get expanded to whatever app you have that starts with…

Thank you! I tried this several times but it doesn't work in my case...

Thank you! Walked through the whole issue, but coudn't solve my problems....

[image] loekpfundt: I tried this several times but it doesn't work in my case... Do you have Python 2 installed? What do the commands "which python" and "python -V" produce in Terminal?

That doesn't matter. Python 3 is "python3". You need "python" which is Python 2.

[image] johnwasser: which python silly, but this command doesn't give an answer.... when I use which python3 I get te following result Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3

[image] loekpfundt: [image] johnwasser: which python silly, but this command doesn't give an answer.... Sounds like you don't have Python 2 installed. You should install it. [image] Python Releases for macOS The official home of the Python Programming Language …

Alright, thnx! Starting to install python2

Exec: "python": executable file not found in $PATH

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Exec: "python": executable file not found in $PATH

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