Installing from versioned archives

The gcloud CLI provides downloadable, versioned archives for each release. Each versioned archive contains a self-contained installation of the gcloud CLI in a directory named google-cloud-sdk that can be copied to any location on your file system.

Best uses for installing from versioned archives

Versioned archives are designed for non-interactive installation of specific versions of the gcloud CLI and are useful when:

• You require a specific version of the gcloud CLI. For example:

  • You're scripting with the gcloud CLI or another gcloud CLI component and want to make sure that your scripts don't break as the result of a gcloud CLI update.
  • You're using the gcloud CLI as part of a CI (continuous integration) process or production system where you want to control your dependencies in order to ensure compatibility between parts of the system.
  • You're performing automated deployments of the gcloud CLI to many machines that must be in sync.
  • You're behind a proxy or firewall that requires additional configuration to be able to access the internet.

• You don't want to perform an interactive installation.

Installation instructions

To install the latest release of the gcloud CLI from a versioned archive:

1. Check which version (64-bit or 32-bit) your OS is running on.

   • Linux / macOS: Run getconf LONG_BIT from your command line
   • Windows: Control Panel > System > System Type

   Additionally, for macOS, to check your machine hardware name (x86_64, arm64, or x86), run uname -m.

2. Download the appropriate archive compatible with your version:

   Platform	Package	Size	SHA256 Checksum
   Linux 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	96.6 MB	42e4b1a6a687ee96ae3919f2917d854f1d4b97f0c62581b6568728f83fd378a7
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	62.1 MB	caed087877643852ddbe9f7eedba5057431006971a9f0970cffc247f86eef09c
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	62.1 MB	a95e21de373341cce14edb3d29913ef99fad6a3fa5179d989ff13114aaab1494
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	62.2 MB	1809104f7900debf41eac9c9b4fb3dca83526858b735c7f2e4bd25a60598e292
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	62.1 MB	89980880b079c4d3e6379c38e8a797c63eadccd77571651e92610100d5c70dea
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	60.6 MB	923e5add1045a942f6c2684aa0f7db2ccfff9274e599dda428d9766d8e45ab14
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	85.5 MB	979fb2196009d54188b074f1d94d21f64779929f0f622c03a379f6a4bf056d35
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-581.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	111.8 MB	4ba8775a6fef8e09f9013c711e5a816fd6ce68c8f17da642141f24fd92891530
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	85.4 MB	56274354b7dd9fbe801682d24a7826864ad91487214df540d77b486a7f66cb87
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-581.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	109.0 MB	4e2ae24af53a205358297ea31cc1f7a9bda3a27f41bdc0766ec8f5d93d40441d

3. Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system. Preferably, this is your Home folder.

4. To add the gcloud CLI tools to your path, run the install script from the root of the folder you extracted. Running this script also generates instructions to enable command completion in your bash shell (Linux and macOS only) and enable usage reporting.

   • On Linux or macOS:

     ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
     

     To run the install script with screen reader mode turned on:

     ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --screen-reader=true
     

   • On Windows:

     .\google-cloud-sdk\install.bat
     

   Run install.sh --help or install.bat --help for a list of flags you can pass to this script, including those that can run the installation non-interactively.

   Note: If you answered n when the installer prompted asking to modify your profile to update your PATH and enable command completion, you can still set up your profile to do so (to ensure the gcloud CLI works correctly) by doing the following:

   • Bash shell
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/path.bash.inc in your profile to add the gcloud CLI tools to your PATH.
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/completion.bash.inc in your profile to enable command completion for the gcloud CLI.
   • Zsh shell
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/path.zsh.inc in your profile to add the gcloud CLI command line tools to your PATH.
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/completion.zsh.inc in your profile to enable command completion for the gcloud CLI.
   • Fish shell
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/path.fish.inc in your profile to add the gcloud CLI command line tools to your PATH.

5. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run gcloud init:

   • For Linux or macOS:

     ./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init
     

   • For Windows:

     .\google-cloud-sdk\bin\gcloud init
     

Previous versions

Previous versions of the gcloud CLI are available in the download archive in Cloud Storage. They are directly accessible through https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sdk-release/<archive_name>.

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