How to install DBT CLI on GCP? - dbt

Question

I've installed DBT CLI on GCP cloud shell using pip install dbt after that I had added the path to dbt in my .profile file too -
.profile file -
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages:$PATH"
fi
export $PATH
After the above steps, now when I test the commands like - dbt --version it gives below error -
my_name#cloudshell:~$ dbt --init
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/my_name/.local/bin/dbt", line 5, in <module>
from dbt.main import main
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dbt/main.py", line 11, in <module>
import dbt.version
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dbt/version.py", line 11, in <module>
import dbt.semver
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dbt/semver.py", line 8, in <module>
import dbt.utils
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dbt/utils.py", line 9, in <module>
import jinja2
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jinja2/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
from .environment import Environment
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 25, in <module>
from .defaults import BLOCK_END_STRING
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jinja2/defaults.py", line 3, in <module>
from .filters import FILTERS as DEFAULT_FILTERS # noqa: F401
File "/home/my_name/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jinja2/filters.py", line 13, in <module>
from markupsafe import soft_unicode
ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py)
Where have I failed? Can anyone please correct me?

Answer 1

Try pip install dbt-[adapter] (eg dbt-bigquery) which will install the latest version of dbt, rather than the pre-1.0 version you’re getting now (which has become broken due to an issue with a dependency).