gcloud command not found - while installing Google Cloud SDK

Question

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?

Which shell are you using? The installer prompts about updating your `.bashrc` file, but does not (yet) work with zsh or other shells. zsh support in the installer is on the way. Did you answer `y` when the installer prompted `Modify profile to update your $PATH and enable bash completion? (Y/n)?`? — Zachary Newman, Jun 24 '15 at 22:14
Actually yes, I saw that, but it didn't actually prompt me. It didn't wait for my response, so I didn't get to say YES. Therefore, the installer didn't do that step. I'm wondering how to make a more permanent fix now, because it seems like my fix only worked for the one time and I had to do it again today to fix it again. Suggestions? — smntx, Jun 25 '15 at 18:47
Actually I just re-installed it this time and the prompt worked, so now I'm all good. Thanks — smntx, Jun 25 '15 at 19:11
When I installed gcloud the install modified the profile (e.g. `~/.bash_profile`) but it failed to reload it. Running `source ~/.bash_profile` fixed it. — nick, Nov 26 '16 at 16:42

score 139 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 06 '21 at 14:11

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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!

edited Feb 06 '21 at 14:11

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answered Jun 24 '15 at 21:21

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For zsh, there are corresponding `path.zsh.inc` and `completion.zsh.inc` files. – Zachary Newman Jun 24 '15 at 22:15
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Great answer. This saved me from headache. – Alex Aug 26 '16 at 17:44
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Well guys in my case i just forgot to close and open the terminal window after instalation.... hope this help any body :D – NFRiaCowboy Jun 12 '17 at 22:52
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Unfortunately, this is no longer a question in the latest install.sh – Phil Sep 27 '17 at 07:23
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Current gcloud install package has somehow forked up this step. – Jonny Oct 07 '17 at 22:53
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gcloud has shell script to help with this now after you download the gcloud `tar.gz` from their site, then run `./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh`. which will basically do the above commands for you when you follow the steps https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart-macos – Alex L May 31 '20 at 05:54

score 57 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '15 at 09:01

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Same here, I try

source ~/.bashrc

Then, It worked

answered Sep 09 '15 at 09:01

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No such file or directory – LKM Dec 01 '15 at 08:48

score 37 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 16 '16 at 17:29

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This one worked for me:

source ~/.bash_profile

answered Oct 16 '16 at 17:29

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Worked for me as well – Mike Boutin Jul 12 '17 at 13:47
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first `export PATH="/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"` then this command above. – Bira Dec 28 '18 at 06:39

score 37 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 08 '19 at 06:37

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 window gcloud 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

Thank you so much this did help :) – Zain Zafar Dec 07 '20 at 16:20 — Zain Zafar, Dec 07 '20 at 16:20

Mapsy · Answer 5 · 2017-09-09T19:46:14.287

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On Mac/Linux, you'll need to enter the following entry in your ~/.bashrc:

export PATH="/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"

edited Sep 09 '17 at 19:46

answered Jan 17 '17 at 01:04

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It worked on mac as well. The PATH variable will need to be set. – Parth Bhoiwala Sep 09 '17 at 17:54
@ParthBhoiwala Thanks for letting me know, I've updated the answer. :) – Mapsy Sep 09 '17 at 19:45
Only answer working with the new version, where the 'add variables to path' prompt is absent. – Standaa - Monica side Oct 10 '17 at 17:51
This one worked for me. My installation didn't update .bashrc on its own. – Sean Murphy Nov 21 '17 at 03:14
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In my case, it was `export PATH="$HOME/google-cloud-sdk/bin:$PATH"` as I had installed the SDK folder in my home directory. – Babajide M. Moibi Nov 11 '20 at 11:35

score 22 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 23:20

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I had this issue today, and adding sudo to the install command fixed my issue on maxOS Sierra!

sudo ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh

answered Dec 01 '17 at 23:20

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This is the only thing that helped me on Sierra - none of the other answers worked. – paqash Dec 27 '17 at 08:13
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This also fixed my problem on macOS v10.13 "High Sierra" – Maikel Mar 26 '18 at 18:36
you need to put the .zshrc when the installation program ask for the file bash that are using you. so you need to put some like this: /Users/YOU-NAME-USER/.zshrc – Richard Rebeco Oct 17 '18 at 19:41

score 16 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 18 '18 at 22:45

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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.

edited Feb 18 '18 at 22:45

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answered Feb 18 '18 at 22:19

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This was very helpful. Thanks! – Mona Jalal Mar 04 '18 at 21:43
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I had to add the sudo in front – Mike Axle May 04 '18 at 03:48

score 15 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 15 '17 at 12:08

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

score 11 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 04 '17 at 23:44

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

score 10 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 09 '17 at 17:12

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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

answered Dec 09 '17 at 17:12

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score 8 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 05 '15 at 18:17

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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

answered Sep 05 '15 at 18:17

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score 6 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 22 '18 at 06:01

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!

score 5 · Answer 13 · answered Oct 28 '16 at 16:35

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!

This fixed my problem. I was typing ~/.bash_profile and the installation wasn't not updating the path, but also not outputting an error. — Jude Osborn, Mar 16 '17 at 00:00

score 4 · Answer 14 · edited Dec 13 '20 at 19:54

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/python@3.8/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)

score 3 · Answer 15 · edited Oct 02 '16 at 18:36

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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.

edited Oct 02 '16 at 18:36

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answered Oct 02 '16 at 10:58

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score 3 · Answer 16 · answered Dec 13 '20 at 20:05

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If you're a macOS homebrew zsh user:

brew cask install google-cloud-sdk
Update your ~/.zshrc:

plugins=(
  ...
  gcloud
)

Open new shell.

answered Dec 13 '20 at 20:05

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score 2 · Answer 17 · answered May 04 '17 at 15:12

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"

score 2 · Answer 18 · answered Nov 03 '18 at 16:53

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.

score 2 · Answer 19 · answered Nov 25 '19 at 09:28

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

score 2 · Answer 20 · answered Jul 30 '20 at 08:15

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

score 2 · Answer 21 · answered Aug 24 '20 at 23:22

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!

score 1 · Answer 22 · answered Oct 08 '16 at 14:53

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$ sudo su
$ /opt/google-appengine-sdk/bin/gcloud components update
$ su <yourusername>

answered Oct 08 '16 at 14:53

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score 1 · Answer 23 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 14:21

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'

score 1 · Answer 24 · answered Feb 25 '19 at 23:42

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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.

answered Feb 25 '19 at 23:42

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Oct 05 '16 at 17:50

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 opening if)
Save .bash_profile changes
Execute command source ~/.bash_profile

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Dec 07 '17 at 00:37

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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

answered Dec 07 '17 at 00:37

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered May 15 '19 at 21:47

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.

score 0 · Answer 28 · answered Jul 24 '19 at 09:47

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.

score 0 · Answer 29 · answered Mar 13 '20 at 12:02

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: -bash: gcloud: command not found on Mac

score 0 · Answer 30 · answered Dec 17 '20 at 23:07

The cause of my installation failure:

I am running a zsh terminal and the install.sh inserts path.bash.inc into my .bash_profile

fix:

cd [whereever]/google-cloud-sdk && ./install.sh
vi ~/.bash_profile
replace all instances of path.bash.inc with path.zsh.inc

os config:

macOS Catalina
zsh

ref:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/61491744/1989698

score -1 · Answer 31 · answered Jan 29 '21 at 10:27

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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"

answered Jan 29 '21 at 10:27

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gcloud command not found - while installing Google Cloud SDK

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