Objectives

• Install a supported version of Python (compatible with Google Cloud).
• Use venv to isolate dependencies.
• Install an editor (optional).
• Install the Google Cloud CLI (optional).
• Install the Cloud Client Libraries for Python (optional).
• Install other useful tools.

install python

• To use homebrew to install Python packages, you need a compiler, which you can get by installing Xcode’s command-line tools.

xcode-select --install

brew install pyenv
pyenv install 3.9
#PYTHON_VERSION

#to verify
python3 --version

• To verify that pip3

pip3 --version

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Using venv to isolate dependencies

cd my-project
python -m venv env

# Set your shell to use the venv paths for Python by activating the virtual environment:
source env/bin/activate

# Now you can install packages without affecting other projects or your global Python installation:
pip install google-cloud-storage

# pip install google-cloud-storage
deactivate