gcloud command not found - while installing Google Cloud SDK
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I am on a mac and am trying to install the Google Cloud SDK (including the gcloud command line utility) using this command in terminal
curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
as seen at https://cloud.google.com/sdk/
It got all the way to the end and finished but even after I restarted my shell, the gcloud
command still says it's not found.
Why isn't this installation working?
Terminal Solutions
Solution 1 - Terminal
So below is my previous fix for this problem, but it turns out it isn't permanent. It works but every time you restart Terminal, you'd have to do the same thing which isn't practical.
So that is why I suggest you delete the current google-cloud-sdk directory, and just redo the installation. Be sure (as Zachary has mentioned) to answer yes (Y) to the prompt Modify profile to update your $PATH and enable bash completion? (Y/n)
.
Here is my old answer, but just redo the installation:
> I had the same problem, gcloud
wasn't working for me. But then, in the same directory as my google-cloud-sdk
folder which I had just installed (my home
directory), I found this file called test
. Inside this test
file I found two commands:
# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.
source '[path-to-my-home]/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc'
# The next line enables bash completion for gcloud.
source '[path-to-my-home]/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc'
> After I ran these two source
commands in terminal, gcloud
worked!
Solution 2 - Terminal
Same here, I try
source ~/.bashrc
Then, It worked
Solution 3 - Terminal
How to install GCloud and Always Works after Restart On Mac OS HIGH Sierra:
-
Download install package Here
-
Achieved file and drop in your folder
-
Open terminal, go to your folder with file and enter this command:
./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
-
"Modify profile to update your
$PATH
and enable bash completion?"
Yes -
Enter this path to modify:
/Users/USERNAME_COMPUTER/.bashrc
-
After all install, enter this:
source ~/.bashrc
-
Enter this to check install gcloud:
gcloud - -version
-
Open new window terminal
cmd+n
DONT CLOSE OLD WINDOW and enter in new windowgcloud version
if: «command not found» go to step 9
else: Congratulations GCloud work in terminal
-
Return to old window and enter
echo $PATH
and copy path to GCloud -
Open BASH_PROFILE:
open ~/.bash_profile
-
Enter path to new Bash:
« export PATH="/Users/USERNAME_COMPUTER/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH" »
-
Return to step 8
Solution 4 - Terminal
This one worked for me:
source ~/.bash_profile
Solution 5 - Terminal
On Mac/Linux, you'll need to enter the following entry in your ~/.bashrc
:
export PATH="/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"
Solution 6 - Terminal
I had this issue today, and adding sudo
to the install command
fixed my issue on maxOS Sierra!
sudo ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
Solution 7 - Terminal
When installing the SDK I used this method:
curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
When using this method from the original author make sure you have accepted the security preferences in your mac settings to allow apps downloaded from app store and identified developers.
Solution 8 - Terminal
I'm running zsh and found this gist very helpful: https://gist.github.com/dwchiang/10849350
Edit the ~/.zshrc file to include these two lines:
# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.
source /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc
# The next line enables zsh completion for gcloud.
source /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/google-cloud-sdk/completion.zsh.inc
This assumes you installed the package in your main directory from the official docs
Solution 9 - Terminal
I know this question has been answered, but here are my two cent. After installing gcloud, you need to restart the shell before you able to gcloud command.
How you do this, mostly depends on the file you keep your shell configuration. Most files are .bashrc_profile
, .bashrc
, .zshrc
.
You can now restart with
source ~/.bashrc_profile
You can replace the file to the file you have.
Or if you don't care the file you have, on Mac or linux you can restart the shell .
exec -l $SHELL
Solution 10 - Terminal
You have to add the command to the path
Run
> brew info --cask google-cloud-sdk
and find the lines to append to ~/.zshrc
The lines to append can be obtained from the output of the previous command. For zsh users, It should be some like these:
export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/libexec/bin/python"
source "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc"
source "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/completion.zsh.inc"
(or choose the proper ones from the command output depending un the Shell you are using)
Solution 11 - Terminal
You just have to execute this command as root
$ curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
Restart the terminal and that's it. Now all commands should be executed as root
Solution 12 - Terminal
In my case, I switched the terminal from bash to zsh after I installed Google Cloud SDK, so it showed the 'zsh: command not found: gcloud' error.
It's solved by running
source ~/.zshrc
Solution 13 - Terminal
I had to source my bash_profile file. To do so,
- Open up a Terminal session.
- In that session type: source .bash_profile and then press enter
Now, the gcloud command should work
Solution 14 - Terminal
To launch it on MacOs Sierra, after install gcloud I modified my .bash_profile
Original lines:
# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.
if [ -f '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc' ]; then . '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc'; fi
# The next line enables shell command completion for gcloud.
if [ -f '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc' ]; then . '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc'; fi
updated to:
# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.
if [ -f '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc' ]; then source '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc'; fi
# The next line enables shell command completion for gcloud.
if [ -f '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc' ]; then source '/Users/alejandro/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc'; fi
Restart the terminal and all become to work as expected!
Solution 15 - Terminal
This worked for me :
After saying Y
to Modify profile to update your $PATH and enable bash completion? (Y/n)?
Google initiation is prompting this : Enter a path to an rc file to update, or leave blank to use
and the default path was : [/Users/MY_USERSAME/.bash_profile]:
but instead of pressing enter
, I wrote : /Users/MY_USERNAME/.bashrc
to change the path.
This would overwrite the default location that Google suggest.
Then, I only had to do source ~/.bashrc
and everything works now!
Solution 16 - Terminal
I found incorrect if-fi
statements in my ~/.bash_profile
(no if condition in the next block)
source '/Users/yorko/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc'
fi
I just had to remove "fi"
and run "source ~/.bash_profile"
to make it work.
Solution 17 - Terminal
Using .zsh shell
you can just try to add glcoud
in plugin list in the ~/.zshrc
file.
plugins=(
gcloud
)
If that doesn't work, try this: (updated Krishna's answer)
- Update the
~/.zshrc
file
# Updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.
source /Users/austris/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc
# Enables zsh completion for gcloud.
source /Users/austris/google-cloud-sdk/completion.zsh.inc
- Update the
google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc
file with following
script_link="$( readlink "$0" )" || script_link="$0"
apparent_sdk_dir="${script_link%/*}"
if [[ "$apparent_sdk_dir" == "$script_link" ]]; then
apparent_sdk_dir=.
fi
sdk_dir="$( cd -P "$apparent_sdk_dir" && pwd -P )"
bin_path="$sdk_dir/bin"
export PATH=$bin_path:$PATH
*double square brackets at the third line were missing from the original answer
Solution 18 - Terminal
If you're a macOS homebrew zsh user:
-
brew cask install google-cloud-sdk
-
Update your ~/.zshrc:
plugins=(
...
gcloud
)
- Open new shell.
Solution 19 - Terminal
If running
source ~/.bashrc
results in "No such file or directory"
On windows:
- Go to c/Users/
- While holding shift, right-click .bashrc file and select "Copy as path"
- In bash:
source <pasteCopiedPathHere>
-> for example:source "C:\Users\John\.bashhrc"
Solution 20 - Terminal
If you are running ZSH shell in MacOS you should rerun the installation and when you be asked for this question:
Modify profile to update your $PATH and enable shell command
completion?
answer YES
and
Enter a path to an rc file to update, or leave blank to use
[/Users/your_user/.bash_profile]:
answer(your zshrc path): /Users/your_user/.zshrc
Restart Terminal and that's all.
Solution 21 - Terminal
If you are on MAC OS and using .zsh shell then do the following:
-
Edit your
.zshrc
and add the following# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK. source /Users/USER_NAME/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc # The next line enables zsh completion for gcloud. source /Users/USER_NAME/google-cloud-sdk/completion.zsh.inc
-
Create new file named
path.zsh.inc
under your home directory(/Users/USER_NAME/):script_link="$( readlink "$0" )" || script_link="$0" apparent_sdk_dir="${script_link%/*}" if [ "$apparent_sdk_dir" == "$script_link" ]; then apparent_sdk_dir=. fi sdk_dir="$( cd -P "$apparent_sdk_dir" && pwd -P )" bin_path="$sdk_dir/bin" export PATH=$bin_path:$PATH
Checkout more @ Official Docs
Solution 22 - Terminal
In addition to the above answers, depending on your distro, it may be necessary to execute the bash command from the command line before calling your gsutil command. This is the case for distros that have tcsh or other shell as the default. By typing "bash" the source is changed to the .bashrc file and the file is executed.
# Step 1
bash
# Step 2
gsutil
#Step 3: profit!
Solution 23 - Terminal
After inspecting the installation zip by running ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --help
, the parameter --path-update
worked for me. Use it as follows,
./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --path-update true
It will automatically add the PATH update to the .bashrc (see --rc-path
parameter for different rc files). Add the --quiet
parameter for no interactivity.
Solution 24 - Terminal
If you are using zsh with Mac, after installation and initialization, you just need source ~./zshrc
to apply the changes.
Solution 25 - Terminal
$ sudo su
$ /opt/google-appengine-sdk/bin/gcloud components update
$ su <yourusername>
Solution 26 - Terminal
Post installation instructions are not clear:
==> Source [/.../google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc] in your profile to enable shell command completion for gcloud.
==> Source [/.../google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc] in your profile to add the Google Cloud SDK command line tools to your $PATH.
I had to actually add the following lines of code in my .bash_profile
for gcloud
to work:
source '/.../google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc'
source '/.../google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc'
Solution 27 - Terminal
sudo ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
I ran this in the root directory and it worked. I'm running macOS Mojave Version 10.14.3.
Solution 28 - Terminal
Try doing this command on Ubuntu/Linux:
sudo ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
Close the terminal or open a new window as the log says:
> ==> Start a new shell for the changes to take effect.
Once it is done try installing any package by glcloud command:
gcloud components install app-engine-php
It won't show the error.
Solution 29 - Terminal
The cause of my installation failure:
- I am running a zsh terminal and the
install.sh
insertspath.bash.inc
into my.bash_profile
fix:
cd [whereever]/google-cloud-sdk && ./install.sh
vi ~/.bash_profile
- replace all instances of
path.bash.inc
withpath.zsh.inc
os config:
- macOS Catalina
- zsh
ref:
Solution 30 - Terminal
I had the same problem and it was because the ~/.bash_profile
had invalid fi
statements.
The fix:
- Execute command
sudo nano ~/.bash_profile
- Removed closing
fi
statements (the ones missing an openingif
) - Save .bash_profile changes
- Execute command
source ~/.bash_profile
Solution 31 - Terminal
Now after running install.sh
in Mac OS
, google itself giving the information to run completion.bash.inc
and path.bash.inc
.
If you're using zsh
terminal, it'll ask you to run completion.zsh.inc
and path.zsh.inc
. Please see the image below
Solution 32 - Terminal
I had a very different story here that turned out to be caused by my Python virtual environments.
Somewhere in the middle of running curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
, I was getting error:
~/google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
Welcome to the Google Cloud SDK!
pyenv: python2: command not found
The `python2' command exists in these Python versions:
2.7.14
miniconda2-latest
solution I've modified google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
script:
# if CLOUDSDK_PYTHON is empty
if [ -z "$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON" ]; then
# if python2 exists then plain python may point to a version != 2
#if _cloudsdk_which python2 >/dev/null; then
# CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=python2
if _cloudsdk_which python2.7 >/dev/null; then
# this is what some OS X versions call their built-in Python
CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=python2.7
and was able to run the installation successfully.
However, I still need to activate my pyenv that has python2
command to run gcloud
.
why so
If you look at the google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
script, you'll see that it's actually checking for versions of Python in a very brute manner:
if [ -z "$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON" ]; then
# if python2 exists then plain python may point to a version != 2
if _cloudsdk_which python2 >/dev/null; then
CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=python2
However, on my machine python2
doesn't point to Python binary, neither returns null. So the installation crashed.
Solution 33 - Terminal
In short:
emacs -nw ~/.zshrc
And add following line at the beginning:
# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.
source '/home/lesaint/GOOGLE_CLOUD/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc'
#The next lines enables bash completion in Zsh for gcloud.
autoload -U compinit compdef
compinit
source '/home/lesaint/GOOGLE_CLOUD/google-cloud-sdk/completion.zsh.inc'
The solution proposed by following article works for me:
Referencee: http://www.javatronic.fr/tips/2014/10/17/installing_google_cloud_sdk_on_ubuntu_with_oh-my-zsh.html
Check my solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46144267/bash-gcloud-command-not-found-on-mac/60670086#60670086
Solution 34 - Terminal
sudo ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
and then
Enter a path to an rc file to update, or leave blank to use
[/Users/uer/.bash_profile]: "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"
result:
["/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"] has been updated.
Solution 35 - Terminal
if you have installed google-cloud-sdk via snap
, you have to modify path vaiable.Add snap directory to PATH as export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin
This worked for me.
Solution 36 - Terminal
The thing that I did wrong was failing to choose the right download for my OS. I accidentally choose Apple Intel instead of Apple Silicon. Even though the installation appeared to work, I was unable to use the gcloud
command. Once I deleted the folder and reinstalled the correct Apple Silicon version, everything worked fine for me.
Solution 37 - Terminal
It's worked for me:
- Download SDK from https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install
- Extract the archive to my home directory (my home is "nintran")
- Run "./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init"