Add troubleshooting instructions
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3. Install Google Cloud SDK. Instructions [here](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/). This installs the `gcloud` tool
4. Install `kubectl`, Kubernetes command line tool using `gcloud`. i.e
- `$ gcloud components update kubectl`
+ - NOTE: If you are running this from a GCE instance, the command may fail with the following error:
+ ```
+ You cannot perform this action because this Cloud SDK installation is
+ managed by an external package manager. If you would like to get the
+ latest version, please see our main download page at:
+
+ https://developers.google.com/cloud/sdk/
+
+ ERROR: (gcloud.components.update) The component manager is disabled for this installation
+ ```
+ -- If so, you will have to manually install Cloud SDK by doing the following
+ ```shell
+ $ # The following installs latest Cloud SDK and updates the PATH
+ $ # (Accept the default values when prompted)
+ $ curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
+ $ exec -l $SHELL
+ $ # Set the defaults. Pick the default GCE credentials when prompted (The service account
+ $ # name will have a name similar to: "xxx-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com")
+ $ gcloud init
+ ```
+
5. Install Google python client apis:
- `‘$ sudo pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client’`
- **Note**: Do `$ sudo apt-get install python-pip` (or `$ easy_install -U pip`) if you do not have pip