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	203.0 MB	81320cc3042faadbff2875c8b55c6bdcf6ccd439599c6645c27a5a6f213b4736
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	57.9 MB	2fced601e0a494e6dcf6dbfb39130aefacabe541d5bcf0a5d53a8c44e71515e9
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	57.9 MB	8fb22634022aa74d23e877279e034e56d4fed4b5883cbfc51b9dd7134a1b96f0
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.0 MB	9f4b289e4545d146410e87363489d11ce30c1326eae0930cd77c81a499336682
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	57.9 MB	20aa219e61d7ac2b4bf78f9080c0fcf2c0b79d48ce47b9833d4087a468d749d9
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	56.4 MB	979b7f6e4014d41222b8354495d4e89285021c1b69bf07f751aecdf929024422
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	79.8 MB	ad5a5980fcabb215d8333d58d762a935de8bebadf95f0902ac7d630ffe2e262e
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-549.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	103.9 MB	dec61c32d14f9d3f284b2c73d8babd10c37c7459a322c15a4334e600ebde0a8d
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	79.7 MB	8c13909f0b10f9d30910be921f7ce3afc026c7966a144d8abf0ec1ff422c15a1
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-549.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	101.5 MB	4b4be3c51f5541a32eda2accf4f053c7e55d813764795c79f4f4d65649a25fd7

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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