zsh: command not found: solc (macOS Monterey)

Question

Installed solc with this command:

% pip3 install solc-select
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: solc-select in /Users/test2/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages (1.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pycryptodome>=3.4.6 in /Users/test2/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages (from solc-select) (3.16.0)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging in /Users/test2/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages (from solc-select) (22.0)

When launch:

% solc --version          
zsh: command not found: solc

Any thoughts why this happens?

Thank you!

Answer 1

You have to add the path of the binary to the PATH environment variable using the command:

1. export PATH=$PATH:/Users/test2/Library/Python/3.9/bin/
2. solc-select or solc ....

If you don't want to type export command everytime you open a new terminal, you can add that to the file ~/.zshrc:

1. echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/Users/test2/Library/Python/3.9/bin/' >> ~/.zshrc
2. Open a new terminal and use solc-select