install google cloud api tools on ubuntu / debian

 

What you need before Starting 

Before the installation of the gcloud CLI, please confirm that the following conditions are met:

• The OS release has not reached the end-of-life.

• The apt-transport-http package is installed. If not, use the following command to install it:

  sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg

Installation steps

Perform the following steps to install the Google Cloud CLI:

Step 1: Add gcloud CLI distribution

Use the following command to add the gcloud CLI distribution URI as a packet source:

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echo·"deb·[signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg]·https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt·cloud-sdk·main"·|·sudo·tee·-a·/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list

Step 2: Acquire the public key

You can acquire the public Key for Google Cloud by executing one of the following commands depending on the type of your distribution:

• Execute the following command if your distribution’s apt-key command supports the --keyring argument:

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curl·https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg·|·sudo·apt-key·--keyring·/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg·add·-

Step 3: Install gcloud

Run the following command to update and install the gcloud CLI:

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sudo·apt-get·update·&&·sudo·apt-get·install·google-cloud-cli

Step 4: Initialize the gcloud CLI

Use the following command to initialize the gcloud CLI:

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gcloud init