command not found: idb

[sregg]

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Description

After following the installation instructions from the website or the README in GH, I can't run idb.

Logs

Here's the logs to show that I installed everything but idb is not found:

simonreggiani@Simons-MacBook-Pro local-tennis-app % brew install idb-companion
Warning: facebook/fb/idb-companion 1.0.14 is already installed and up-to-date
To reinstall 1.0.14, run `brew reinstall idb-companion`
simonreggiani@Simons-MacBook-Pro local-tennis-app % brew reinstall idb-companion
==> Downloading https://github.com/facebook/idb/releases/download/v1.0.14/idb-companion-1.0.14.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/simonreggiani/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/c0f755777893a7fe69750c96d28a1394bbc64fdec58baf9a20721d5dbb271d95--idb-companion-1.0.14.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> Reinstalling facebook/fb/idb-companion 
==> Pouring idb-companion-1.0.14.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> codesign --force --sign - --timestamp=none /usr/local/Cellar/idb-companion/1.0.14/Frameworks/FBDeviceControl.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libShimulato
==> codesign --force --sign - --timestamp=none /usr/local/Cellar/idb-companion/1.0.14/Frameworks/FBSimulatorControl.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libShimul
==> codesign --force --sign - --timestamp=none /usr/local/Cellar/idb-companion/1.0.14/Frameworks/XCTestBootstrap.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libShimulato
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/idb-companion/1.0.14: 253 files, 30.2MB
simonreggiani@Simons-MacBook-Pro local-tennis-app % pip3.8 install fb-idb
Requirement already satisfied: fb-idb in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (1.0.12)
Requirement already satisfied: protobuf in /usr/local/Cellar/protobuf/3.12.4/libexec/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from fb-idb) (3.12.4)
Requirement already satisfied: grpclib>=0.3.2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from fb-idb) (0.3.2)
Requirement already satisfied: treelib in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from fb-idb) (1.6.1)
Requirement already satisfied: aiofiles in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from fb-idb) (0.5.0)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.9 in /usr/local/Cellar/protobuf/3.12.4/libexec/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from protobuf->fb-idb) (1.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from protobuf->fb-idb) (49.2.0)
Requirement already satisfied: multidict in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from grpclib>=0.3.2->fb-idb) (4.7.6)
Requirement already satisfied: h2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from grpclib>=0.3.2->fb-idb) (3.2.0)
Requirement already satisfied: future in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from treelib->fb-idb) (0.18.2)
Requirement already satisfied: hpack<4,>=3.0 in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from h2->grpclib>=0.3.2->fb-idb) (3.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: hyperframe<6,>=5.2.0 in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from h2->grpclib>=0.3.2->fb-idb) (5.2.0)
simonreggiani@Simons-MacBook-Pro local-tennis-app % idb
zsh: command not found: idb

[c-ryan747]

When you first ran pip3.8 install fb-idb a message like will probably have come up:

  WARNING: The script idb is installed in '/Users/$USER/Library/Python/3.8/bin' which is not on PATH.
  Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.

If you add this path to your PATH environment variable you should be able to run idb

[sregg]

I had to run pip3.8 install fb-idb --user in order to get that warning.

[acostalima]

The README implicitly suggests idb is added to the PATH automatically. Shouldn't the documentation be fixed...?

[oferRounds]

Hi @c-ryan747, could you share how can this be added to the PATH environment?

[nelyousfi]

I was facing the same issue.

The solution I found was to remove idb client using
pip3.8 uninstall fb-idb

Then reinstall it using sudo:
sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb

The main reason why I had the problem is, without sudo permissions (or any other way to grant access) the first pip install was not able to set the necessary env variables.

[oferRounds]

Thank you @nelyousfi, worked for me also!

[haryshi]

"sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb" also solves my issue, the install doc needs to be updated.

[corasan]

I was facing the same issue.

The solution I found was to remove idb client using
pip3.8 uninstall fb-idb

Then reinstall it using sudo:
sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb

The main reason why I had the problem is, without sudo permissions (or any other way to grant access) the first pip install was not able to set the necessary env variables.

This solved it for me as well

[nabilfreeman]

Thanks, also worked for me 👏

[ngtrphuong]

I was facing the same issue.

The solution I found was to remove idb client using pip3.8 uninstall fb-idb

Then reinstall it using sudo: sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb

The main reason why I had the problem is, without sudo permissions (or any other way to grant access) the first pip install was not able to set the necessary env variables.

This also works for me!
BTW, I have to add the exact Python bin into $PATH environment variable and it works like a champ,

[hasn-ab]

sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb

I was facing the same issue.

The solution I found was to remove idb client using pip3.8 uninstall fb-idb

Then reinstall it using sudo: sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb

The main reason why I had the problem is, without sudo permissions (or any other way to grant access) the first pip install was not able to set the necessary env variables.

this did not work for me.

What worked for me is:
sudo -H pip3 install fb-idb

[mxl123]

sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb

I was facing the same issue.
The solution I found was to remove idb client using pip3.8 uninstall fb-idb
Then reinstall it using sudo: sudo pip3.8 install fb-idb
The main reason why I had the problem is, without sudo permissions (or any other way to grant access) the first pip install was not able to set the necessary env variables.

this did not work for me.

What worked for me is: sudo -H pip3 install fb-idb

Thanks, this work for me !

[rmacd]

just to chip in here -

literally ran every variation above, but wasn't till running pip uninstall fb-idb && pip3 uninstall fb-idb && pip3.8 uninstall fb-idb && ... [etc] (ie uninstalling via every possible variation of pip) before running sudo -H pip3 install fb-idb that I was able to get it to behave

[Jonathan0wh]

2022 end now and the doc is still the old one...

[AadityaParmar]

in my case
it's installed in /Users/$USER/Library/Python/3.11/bin/idb
maybe adding this as PATH will resolved

[aymather]

2022 end now and the doc is still the old one...

2024 and it's STILL the old one lol