Issues with flet CLI

[IgorDzilla]

Question

When I try to use any of flet CLI tools on Windows 10,
I get "bash: flet: command not found" error, but it perfectly works on MacOS.

However, the script itself works.

Code sample

flet pack -h

Error message

bash: flet: command not found

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• I have searched for answers to my question both in the issues and in previous discussions.

[09u2h4n]

Are other flet commands work?
Like flet -h, if it doesn't work maybe you use flet module in the virtual environment.?

[IgorDzilla]

None of them work. Trying to install flet via pip results in "Requirement already satisfied".

[09u2h4n]

Let's try in virtual environment.

1. Create virtual environment
   python3 -m venv flet_env

2. Activate it
   flet_env/Scripts/activate

3. Install flet
   pip3 install flet

4. Try the command
   flet -h

5. For deactivating the environment
   deactivate

If 4th command still doesn't work then the pip doesn't installs flet or fletd, check it (e.g., C:\Python310\Scripts\flet.exe -h) to find where flet is type:
pip3 show flet

Name: flet
Version: 0.19.0
Summary: Flet for Python - easily build interactive multi-platform apps in Python
Home-page:
Author: Appveyor Systems Inc.
Author-email: hello@flet.dev
License: Apache-2.0
Location: /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages
Requires: cookiecutter, flet-runtime, packaging, qrcode, watchdog, websocket-client, websockets
Required-by:

You will see location then type
python3 <flet location>/flet/cli/cli.py -h
Replace the location that you found in this case it will be
python3 /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flet/cli/cli.py -h
The output

usage: cli.py [-h] [--version]
              {create,run,pack,publish,build} ...

positional arguments:
  {create,run,pack,publish,build}
    create              Create a new Flet app from a
                        template.
    run                 Run Flet app.
    pack                Package Flet app to a standalone
                        bundle.
    publish             Publish Flet app as a standalone
                        web app.
    build               Build an executable app or
                        install bundle.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and
                        exit