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installing-looker-cli

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About installing-looker-cli

installing-looker-cli is a setup skill for checking and installing looker-cli. It is for users preparing the Looker command-line tool locally, and checks for an existing installation before downloading a precompiled binary from GitHub Releases.

Key features

  1. 01Checks whether looker-cli is installed
  2. 02Downloads binaries from GitHub Releases
  3. 03Provides macOS, Linux, and Windows steps
  4. 04Verifies that the CLI is available

Use cases

  1. 01Install looker-cli in a new environment
  2. 02Check that an existing CLI runs

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-skills --skill installing-looker-cli

After installing, type/installing-looker-cliin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Installing Looker CLI

Checks if looker-cli is already available on the system. If it is not found, downloads and installs the appropriate pre-compiled binary from the GitHub Releases page of the looker-cli repository (https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-cli/releases).

Prerequisites

  • Active internet connection to download the binary from GitHub.
  • Privileges to write to local binary directories (e.g. /usr/local/bin or ~/.local/bin).

Instructions

1. Check for Existing Installation

Before downloading, check if the CLI is already installed and accessible:

looker-cli --help

If this command executes successfully and prints the help menu, the CLI is ready. Skip the installation steps below and proceed directly to Step 3 (Authentication).

2. Perform OS-Specific Installation

If looker-cli is not found, determine the operating system of the environment and execute the corresponding installation steps.

Option A: macOS & Linux

  1. Retrieve latest release tag: Query the GitHub API or check the releases page (https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-cli/releases) to identify the latest version tag (e.g., v1.0.0).

  2. Download and install: Run the following sequence to download, rename, and move the binary to your local bin path:

    For macOS (arm64 Apple Silicon):

    curl -Lo looker-cli https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-cli/releases/latest/download/looker-cli-darwin-arm64
chmod +x looker-cli
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin && mv looker-cli ~/.local/bin/

    For macOS (amd64 Intel):

    curl -Lo looker-cli https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-cli/releases/latest/download/looker-cli-darwin-amd64
chmod +x looker-cli
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin && mv looker-cli ~/.local/bin/

    For Linux (amd64):

    curl -Lo looker-cli https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-cli/releases/latest/download/looker-cli-linux-amd64
chmod +x looker-cli
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin && mv looker-cli ~/.local/bin/

    Note: If ~/.local/bin is not in your PATH or you have root permissions, you can choose to move it to /usr/local/bin/ instead.

Option B: Windows

  1. Download: Download the latest Windows binary (e.g. using PowerShell):

    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/looker-open-source/looker-cli/releases/latest/download/looker-cli-windows-amd64.exe" -OutFile "looker-cli.exe"

  2. Add to Path: Move looker-cli.exe to a directory in your system %PATH% (or add its directory to the Environment Variables).

3. Verify the Installation

Run the help command again to verify the installation succeeded:

looker-cli --help

Confirm that the output shows the Looker CLI help menu correctly. If it fails, check that the destination directory is indeed in your shell's PATH.

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