/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found | Railway | Page 1

viscid hawk May 31, 2023, 11:36 PM

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I'm facing an issue while deploying my Django project on Railway. The deployment logs show the error message "/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found," even though I have both a requirement.txt file and a runtime.txt file in my project. I'm unsure about the cause of this problem and would appreciate some guidance from a professional developer.

Project id: 50a5c2a5-ff5d-45f0-b4e1-b8e9b312ab96

outer gorgeBOT May 31, 2023, 11:36 PM

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Project ID: 50a5c2a5-ff5d-45f0-b4e1-b8e9b312ab96

mint epoch May 31, 2023, 11:36 PM

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do you happen to have a package.json in your project too?

viscid hawk May 31, 2023, 11:37 PM

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Yes I do

mint epoch May 31, 2023, 11:39 PM

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then railway is detecting your project as a node js project and installing node instead of python.

why do you have a package.json?

viscid hawk May 31, 2023, 11:39 PM

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I am using flowbite and tailwind

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Whats the work around

mint epoch May 31, 2023, 11:40 PM

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a modifyed railway.json file

viscid hawk May 31, 2023, 11:40 PM

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Thanks for your quick replies. Much appreciated

mint epoch May 31, 2023, 11:41 PM

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I can do this for you, but I'm about to eat dinner, so I'll get back to you later

viscid hawk May 31, 2023, 11:41 PM

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oh great.

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Enjoy your dinner. Its morning time here in Australia.

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:19 AM

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am back, please send me your current railway.json file, every deployment has one, even failed deployments, it is located in the details tab of a deployment

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:23 AM

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ok

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I do have railway.json file in my repo

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:23 AM

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oh perfect, send that then

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:24 AM

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{ "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json", "build": { "builder": "NIXPACKS" }, "deploy": { "startCommand": "python manage.py migrate && python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && gunicorn webapp.wsgi", "restartPolicyType": "ON_FAILURE", "restartPolicyMaxRetries": 10 } }

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:27 AM

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fwiw you can enclose multi-line code in triple backticks

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i dont have your code to test with, so this is untested, but let me know how it goes

{
  "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",
  "build": {
    "builder": "NIXPACKS",
    "nixpacksPlan": {
        "providers": ["python"],
        "phases": {
            "setup": {
                "nixPkgs": ["...", "nodejs"]
            }
        }
    },
    "buildCommand": "npm ci"
  },
  "deploy": {
    "startCommand": "python manage.py migrate && python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && gunicorn webapp.wsgi",
    "restartPolicyType": "ON_FAILURE",
    "restartPolicyMaxRetries": 10
  }
}

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:30 AM

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you are a legend. thank you heaps . let me test this. Update you soon.

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It worked

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thank you so much .

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very helpful.

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:40 AM

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awsome, glad i could help!

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:40 AM

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I owe you a coffee

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:40 AM

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haha thanks

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:40 AM

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so what did you do in the railway.txt

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:43 AM

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overrode the provider back to only python since your main app is python, then added node js as a package, installed the node dependencies with the npm ci build command, and left the start command in tact

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theres no documentation for this exact use case, ive just used vscode with the schema auto complete

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:46 AM

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lol

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thats amazing

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whats your background? are you a developer?

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:47 AM

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not professionally, just for fun

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as odd as it may sound, i dont really have a background

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:49 AM

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oh ok

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have you worked with django?

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:49 AM

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zero django experience

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:49 AM

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lol ok

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whats your strength?

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:50 AM

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helping people with their railway issues

viscid hawk Jun 1, 2023, 12:51 AM

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ok cool

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Thats very kind of you

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well I know where to come when I need help with railway

mint epoch Jun 1, 2023, 12:52 AM

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you sure do!

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subtle fractal Jun 30, 2023, 11:02 PM

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I'm having this exact same issue for my Django app for which I'm using React as the frontend (so have a package.json). @mint epoch , you mentioned please send me your current railway.json file, every deployment has one, even failed deployments, it is located in the details tab of a deployment

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I can't seem to find the details tab or the railway.json file. Has it moved by chance?

mint epoch Jun 30, 2023, 11:04 PM

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it hasn't moved, but you may be able to use the railway.json file I sent above, just with a slight modification to the start command

subtle fractal Jun 30, 2023, 11:06 PM

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Ah thanks! I see, I just add it to my repo. Will try that when I get home later!

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And will modify the start command accordingly

mint epoch Jun 30, 2023, 11:07 PM

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perfect, but if you are still facing issues in the future I ask that you open a new thread as to avoid spamming the OP with notifications

errant granite Aug 21, 2023, 12:08 PM

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mint epoch i dont have your code to test with, so this is untested, but let me know how it ...

Thanks Brody Very much this helped me now. I was also facing the same issue. i just copy pasted your railway.json and it started working for me meow_wine

#/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found