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

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 $PATH
The terminal process "/bin/zsh '-c', 'docker logs -f f6557b5dd19d9b2bc5a63a840464bc2b879d375fe72bc037d82a5358d4913119'" failed to launch (exit code: 1).
I uninstalled and reinstalled docker desktop#2.3.0.5 on Mac
docker-compose build from scratch
other containers are running
I get the above error.
It used to be running. I am not sure why this is happening. I know that I upgraded docker from I think 2.3
also I think I received an update on my mac
Dockerfile
FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn:python3.8
COPY requirements.txt /app/
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
COPY ./app /app/app
#COPY config.py /app/app/
docker-compose.yml
version: "3"
services:
postgresql:
container_name: postgresql
image: postgres:12
ports:
- "5433:5432"
environment:
- POSTGRES_USER=${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:
Since VSCode Docker 1.14.0 you can now set the Docker executable path in the settings, which should help in most cases.
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.
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.
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

You might get the following error message simply because you did not start Docker just yet
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

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

Answer 5

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 6

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 7

I had the same problem when trying to run minikube tunnel, and since I didn't want to re-install anything, I ended up running it from the docker bin path (on Windows it's in 'C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin') and it worked.

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.