Question: I have an issue to install the gcloud sdk on my mac. I have the following error when I do the ./install.sh. Source: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart Welcome to the Google Cloud SDK! Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/bin/bootstrapping/install.py", line 12, in <module> import bootstrapping File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/bin/bootstrapping/bootstrapping.py", line 32, in <module> import setup # pylint:disable=g-import-not-at-top File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/bin/bootstrapping/setup.py", line 57, in <module> from googlecloudsdk.core.util import platforms File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/__init__.py", line 23, in <module> from googlecloudsdk.core.util import importing File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/util/importing.py", line 23, in <module> import imp File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/imp.py", line 23, in <module> from importlib import util File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/importlib/util.py", line 2, in <module> from . import abc File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/importlib/abc.py", line 17, in <module> from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/typing.py", line 26, in <module> import re as stdlib_re # Avoid confusion with the re we export. File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/re.py", line 124, in <module> import enum File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/third_party/enum/__init__.py", line 26, in <module> spec = importlib.util.find_spec('enum') AttributeError: module 'importlib' has no attribute 'util'  And when I do gcloud init Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/gcloud.py", line 104, in <module> main() File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/gcloud.py", line 62, in main from googlecloudsdk.core.util import encoding File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/__init__.py", line 23, in <module> from googlecloudsdk.core.util import importing File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/util/importing.py", line 23, in <module> import imp File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/imp.py", line 23, in <module> from importlib import util File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/importlib/util.py", line 2, in <module> from . import abc File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/importlib/abc.py", line 17, in <module> from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/typing.py", line 26, in <module> import re as stdlib_re # Avoid confusion with the re we export. File "/Users/kevin/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0/lib/python3.9/re.py", line 124, in <module> import enum File "/Users/kevin/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/lib/third_party/enum/__init__.py", line 26, in <module> spec = importlib.util.find_spec('enum') AttributeError: module 'importlib' has no attribute 'util'  I think this is a Python issue. but I'm running Python3: python -V shows Python 3.9.0  I have installed it with homebrew. What can be the problem?

Answer: This is a known issue across Mac, Windows and Linux: https://issuetracker.google.com/170125513. I'd suggest to use the recommended Python versions mentioned here (3.5 to 3.8). Also this does not affect only to Cloud SDK but others as well (for example as mentioned here).