How To Install GoogleCL on Mac OSX Snow Leopard
If you’ve not heard the buzz already Google have released a Command Line tool called GoogleCL, you can install in in Windows by following Isaac Truett’s guide to”Setup GoogleCL on WinXP“ but if you’re using a Mac and you’d like to install it and have a play here’s a few simple instructions…
- Enable your Root login (instructions from Apple in KBHT1528).
- Log in as Administrator (bear in mind your normal user shouldn’t have Admin rights).
- Download and install Xcode.
- Download and install MacPorts.
- Open up Terminal.
- Edit your ‘paths’ file: sudo vi /etc/paths
- Add a new line (press ‘i’ then scroll to the bottom first): “
/opt/local/bin“. - Save the file (press ESC, then type “wq!”).
- Close Terminal and re-open.
- Type:
sudo port install googlecl, and press Enter (this takes a while). - Log off as the Administrator.
- Log back in as yourself and test (see examples).
