Error when trying to run plotman

[kirkules66]

Hi, I get the following error when trying to start plotman ('plotman plot'):

kirkules@Kirks-Mac-mini-16-1 chia-blockchain % plotman version
plotman 0.5
kirkules@Kirks-Mac-mini-16-1 chia-blockchain % plotman plot
...starting plot loop
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/plotman", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/plotman/plotman.py", line 191, in main
    wait_reason = manager.maybe_start_new_plot(cfg.directories, cfg.scheduling, cfg.plotting, cfg.logging)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/plotman/manager.py", line 227, in maybe_start_new_plot
    p = subprocess.Popen(plot_args,
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 951, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 1821, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'chia'

There is a folder at /Users/user/chia-blockchain/chia so I'm not sure why the file is not found. I have version 0.5 of plotman running on M1 Mac mini.

Any help in solving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

[altendky]

plotman expects the chia command to be available on the PATH. Pick one of the options at https://github.com/ericaltendorf/plotman#installation depending how you installed chia.

[kirkules66]

Thank you this worked. I used:

PATH=/Applications/Chia.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/daemon:$PATH