How to Install Google Cloud SDK [macOS Edition]

I’ll introduce how to install Google Cloud SDK on macOS.

Background: Accidentally Installed Google Cloud SDK to Downloads Folder

Following the official article Google Cloud SDK のインストール | Cloud SDK のドキュメント, I mindlessly went through the installation and accidentally installed Google Cloud SDK to the Downloads folder.

To avoid repeating the same mistake, I’m writing down the Google Cloud SDK installation steps for my future self.

Google Cloud SDK Installation Steps

The key point for Google Cloud SDK installation is to perform it in the home directory as follows:

mv ~/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk-347.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz ~/
cd ~/
tar -zxvf google-cloud-sdk-347.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz

./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init

That’s all from the Gemba.