‘dbt’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

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Error: ‘dbt’ is not recognized as an internal or external command

This error usually occurs when the command ‘dbt’ is not recognized by your operating system. This means that the command-line tool ‘dbt’ is either not installed or not added to the system’s PATH environment variable.

To resolve this error, you need to make sure ‘dbt’ is installed and its executable is added to the PATH.

Step 1: Install dbt

Make sure ‘dbt’ is installed in your system. You can do this by following the installation instructions provided by the dbt documentation specific to your operating system.

For example, if you are using Windows, you can install ‘dbt’ using pip:

    <code>pip install dbt</code>

Step 2: Add dbt to the PATH

After installing ‘dbt’, you need to add its executable location to your system’s PATH environment variable.

Example for Windows:

  1. Open the Control Panel and search for ‘Environment Variables’.
  2. Click on ‘Edit the system environment variables’.
  3. In the System Properties window, click on the ‘Environment Variables’ button.
  4. In the ‘System Variables’ section, scroll down and double-click on ‘Path’.
  5. Click on ‘New’ and add the path to the ‘Scripts’ directory of your Python installation and save the changes.
  6. Close all the windows, open a new command prompt, and try running the ‘dbt’ command again.

Example for macOS and Linux:

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Find your shell’s profile file (e.g., .bash_profile, .zshrc, or .bashrc).
  3. Open the profile file using a text editor.
  4. Add the following line at the end of the file, replacing /path/to/dbt with the actual path to the ‘dbt’ executable:
    5.       <code>export PATH="/path/to/dbt:$PATH"</code>
  5. Save the changes and close the file.
  6. Restart your terminal or run source ~/.bash_profile (or corresponding profile file) for the changes to take effect.
  7. Try running the ‘dbt’ command again.

After following the above steps, the ‘dbt’ command should be recognized by your operating system, and you should be able to use it successfully.

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