Railway•2y ago

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

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

Solution:

i dont have your code to test with, so this is untested, but let me know how it goes ```json { "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json", "build": {...

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Percy•2y ago

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

Brody•2y ago

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

Bilal Khan•2y ago

Yes I do

Brody•2y ago

then railway is detecting your project as a node js project and installing node instead of python. why do you have a package.json?

Bilal Khan•2y ago

I am using flowbite and tailwind Whats the work around

Brody•2y ago

a modifyed railway.json file

Bilal Khan•2y ago

Thanks for your quick replies. Much appreciated

Brody•2y ago

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

Bilal Khan•2y ago

oh great. Enjoy your dinner. Its morning time here in Australia.

Brody•2y ago

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

Bilal Khan•2y ago

ok I do have railway.json file in my repo

Brody•2y ago

oh perfect, send that then

Bilal Khan•2y ago

{
  "$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
  }
}

Brody•2y ago

fwiw you can enclose multi-line code in triple backticks

Solution

Brody•2y ago

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
  }
}

{
  "$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
  }
}

Bilal Khan•2y ago

you are a legend. thank you heaps . let me test this. Update you soon. It worked thank you so much . very helpful.

Brody•2y ago

awsome, glad i could help!

Bilal Khan•2y ago

I owe you a coffee

Brody•2y ago

haha thanks

Bilal Khan•2y ago

so what did you do in the railway.txt

Brody•2y ago

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

Bilal Khan•2y ago

lol thats amazing whats your background? are you a developer?

Brody•2y ago

not professionally, just for fun as odd as it may sound, i dont really have a background

Bilal Khan•2y ago

oh ok have you worked with django?

Brody•2y ago

zero django experience

Bilal Khan•2y ago

lol ok whats your strength?

Brody•2y ago

helping people with their railway issues

Bilal Khan•2y ago

ok cool Thats very kind of you well I know where to come when I need help with railway

Brody•2y ago

you sure do!

holy shnikes•17mo ago

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). @Brody , 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

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

Brody•17mo ago

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

holy shnikes•17mo ago

Ah thanks! I see, I just add it to my repo. Will try that when I get home later! And will modify the start command accordingly

Brody•17mo ago

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

MIGHTY_MIDHUN•15mo ago

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:802401834643882034>

Brody•15mo ago

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