6 months ago
I keep getting these errors: Starting Container
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found any idea on how to fix it?
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6 months ago
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6 months ago
It means your container doesn’t have a python executable in its PATH. Here are a few ways to resolve it:
On many modern images (Ubuntu, Debian, Alpine, etc.) the interpreter is named python3 instead of python
Some resources
“command not found Error in Docker Containers”
Covers common causes (missing install, wrong base image) and shows both python3 and update-alternatives fixes. YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURVANt1l0o
“Solving the python3: command not found Error in Docker”
Step‑by‑step on installing Python3 and ensuring/usr/binis on your$PATH, with examples for Debian/Ubuntu and Alpine. YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDk2Gvw1wg