c++ - Setting up bazel as an environment variable windows

Question

I've been trying to use bazel on Windows 10 Pro, and I was following the instructions located at https://docs.bazel.build/versions/3.7.0/install-windows.html

I found the place to add user-specific and system-wide environment variables, and I added the path to bazel.exe and called the variable bazel, but when I try to type bazel into a command prompt window, it still isn't recognized.

Let me know if you need any more detail to help answer my question, I'm confused where I'm going wrong.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65861846/setting-up-bazel-as-an-environment-variable-windows

Answer 1

I think that you have to add the bazel binary path to your 'path' environment variable. So search for Edit system environment variables -> Advanced -> Environment variables

and then under System Variables -> path -> edit you can add the path of your bazel bin (C:UserPandaDocuments) and it should work. Detailed description with screenshots it's here: https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/