Which AppEngine SDK package should I use, and how do I reference it?

[Kieran Whittemore]

Not long ago I got the latest version of the AppEngine SDK using:

go get google.golang.org/appengine

The Google Cloud documentation was recently updated, and apparently I should now use:

gcloud components install app-engine-go

After doing the above, I'm seeing 2 directories:

/usr/local/google-cloud-sdk

/Users/kieran/google-cloud-sdk

The first contains the AppEngine SDK files, the second does not.

In the PATH I'm seeing:

# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.

if [ -f ‘/Users/kieran/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc' ]; then source '/Users/kieran/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc'; fi

# The next line enables shell command completion for gcloud.

if [ -f '/Users/kieran/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc' ]; then source '/Users/kieran/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc'; fi

Why is the gcloud installer adding a reference in the PATH to the google-cloud-sdk that does not contain the AppEngine SDK ?

How do I reference the AppEngine SDK that was downloaded by the glcoud installer? With 2 different SDK paths I'm totally confused about which one to use, and even how to reference it in code as it doesn't appear to be in the PATH.

[Yannick (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hello Kieran,

It sounds like you have installed 2 instances of the Cloud SDK. One scoped to only your user while the other one (/usr/local/) is scoped to the local machine. You should pick one of them and make sure all paths point to it while deleting the other version. Of course re-installing the Cloud SDK is always an option.