exec: "com.docker.cli": executable file not found in $PATH

Question

I am getting this error when docker-compose up on one of the containers only.

exec: "com.docker.cli": executable file not found in $PATH
The terminal process "/bin/zsh '-c', 'docker logs -f f6557b5dd19d9b2bc5a63a840464bc2b879d375fe72bc037d82a5358d4913119'" failed to launch (exit code: 1).

1. I uninstalled and reinstalled docker desktop@2.3.0.5 on Mac
2. docker-compose build from scratch
3. other containers are running
4. I get the above error.
5. It used to be running. I am not sure why this is happening. I know that I upgraded docker from I think 2.3
6. also I think I received an update on my mac

Dockerfile

FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn:python3.8
COPY requirements.txt /app/
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

COPY ./app /app/app
#COPY config.py /app/app/

docker-compose.yml

version: "3"

services:
    postgresql:
        container_name: postgresql
        image: postgres:12
        ports:
            - "5433:5432"
        environment:
            - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
            - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
            - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
        volumes:
            - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    fastapi:
        build:
            context: ./fastapi/
            dockerfile: Dockerfile
        volumes:
            - ./fastapi/app/imgs:/app/app/imgs
        ports:
            - "1001:80"
        depends_on:
            - postgresql
        env_file:
            - .env
    pgadmin:
        container_name: pgadmin
        image: dpage/pgadmin4
        environment:
            - PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL=pgadmin4@pgadmin.org
            - PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=admin
        ports:
            - "5050:80"
        depends_on:
            - postgresql

    solr:
        build:
            context: ./solr/
            dockerfile: Dockerfile
        restart: always
        ports:
            - "8983:8983"
        volumes:
            - data:/var/solr
volumes:
    data:

update: It worked when I downgraded to docker desktop 2.3.0.4

Answer 1

Updated Answer :

SinceVSCode Docker 1.14.0 you can now set the Docker executable path in the settings, which should help in most cases.

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Old Answer (Option was removed from Docker Desktop):

The Desktop Docker Version 2.4.0.0 is working for me after I did deactivate the feature Enable cloud experience . You can find it under Preferences --> Command Line .

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If you are still experience the problem, you may try a clean remove and install of Docker and also make sure that Docker is actually running , see other possible solution(s) here.

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History of GitHub Issues:

• https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4956
• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docker/issues/2366
• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docker/issues/2578
• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docker/issues/2894
• Status (2021-06-22): VSCode Version 1.57.0 seems to have fixed the issue again.

Answer 2

您可能会收到以下错误消息，只是因为您还没有启动Docker

exec: "com.docker.cli": executable file not found in $PATH

Answer 3

In my case the problem was I had installed and then crudely removed the docker compose cli. This resulted in the above error to start popping up.

I got the compose CLI back using instructions from https://docs.docker.com/cloud/ecs-integration/#install-the-docker-compose-cli-on-linux and running (as root):

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/compose-cli/main/scripts/install/install_linux.sh | sh

This fixed it for me.

Note: I would not recommend installing docker-compose cli to fix this issue, but to share some insights in case this is applicable to you as well.

Answer 4

Update: The "cloud experience" no longer exists even as an experimental feature in Docker Desktop v3.2.1. This should no longer be an issue.

If you continue to see this problem on a newer version, you will need to downgrade to Docker v3.1.0, disable the cloud experience feature, then upgrade to the newest version.

Answer 5

Had the exact same issue. Was fixed after starting the upgraded docker first, then running this command.

dostarr@DOSTARR-M-38LF ~ % docker run busybox
exec: "com.docker.cli": executable file not found in $PATH
<started docker>
dostarr@DOSTARR-M-38LF ~ % docker run busybox                           
dostarr@DOSTARR-M-38LF ~ % 

Answer 6

我在尝试运行minikube tunnel时遇到了同样的问题，因为我不想重新安装任何东西，所以我最终从 docker bin 路径运行它（在 Windows 上它位于 'C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker \resources\bin') 并且它起作用了。

Answer 7

Ensure that docker CLI is installed not just docker desktop on Linux. YOu can install it using:

sudo apt install docker.io

Answer 8

An alternative to Docker Desktop is colima , container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup.

# Homebrew
brew install colima, docker

colima start

Now, you can use the docker commands as before.

For docker compose commands, you have to install:

brew install docker-compose

Answer 9

if already have installed docker, it may not have started. So type in terminal,"docker run -d -p 80:80 docker/getting-started" and it should solve the issue.