"python": executable file not found in $PATH on M1

Question

I have tried to connect my esp32 on my M1 MacBook through the Arduino IDE and I'm getting the following error.

exec: "python": executable file not found in $PATH
Error compiling for board ESP32 Dev Module.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix it? If I run python3 --version in the terminal I get the version which is Python 3.8.9. screenshot

Many thanks in advance (:

Answer 1

Open the App via Terminal works:

open /Applications/Arduino.app

compiles without errors

Answer 2

If the IDE is a GUI application started from the Finder, and your Python binary is in some location that is added to PATH by the shell start-up files (such as.bashrc or.zshrc), then the issue may be that those files don't take effect for programs started through the Finder (since no shell is involved).