terraform is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file

Question

Hi Guys,

I have installed terraform software in my Windows system. But when I tried to use any command. It is showing me the below error.

$ terraform -version
'terraform' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

How can I solve this error?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You have to set an environment variable for terraform in your Windows system. Go to your environment settings and set a path for terraform. It will work.

Comments

I'm facing the same issue even after set a path variable (env variable) in windows. Any idea what could be wrong ?

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hello, i have set my environment variable and yet it is not working

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I did the same but still issue persists

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terrafrom : The term 'terrafrom' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ terrafrom --help
+ ~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (terrafrom:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

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Still getting same error message after done the entry in environment variables

Answer 2

$env:Path += ";C:\temp\terraform"

You have to set Environment variable run given command on PowerShell window by replacing path