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	86.7 MB	22b5fdd0ff16adf8bb4e02e025365eb5c373922e181c768a46b973d3a8bb2eea
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.3 MB	8bdb58368fffe2faf2119ffbb66070b5da6fa98a4af55eb5baab33f93cdea880
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.3 MB	680b228b27c18f6219245c9d4c77ea3275b845ec0b70681c7bd4e4bea81b1897
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.4 MB	dea293e822cf7f3e3b8934be4801fcf30ce117cbbcee95709ba123ad51e665f2
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.3 MB	07f017de9b4e0dcf2765058ad9fea6a632a82ab26f3e14736cf4652daf8373c7
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.8 MB	074576747f08e295a2c6ed5c0eb9205ed3e8ee58826cf6e86c34d9ef1b985e51
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.3 MB	c2743ef6d8c10d0e262dec2a78f5eb1700f26ca29385f20b7151faecfbaacada
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-583.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	101.6 MB	25fe2511abdf05d514bbb67859475e7e76acc1f36c0bcac37232e1e34892d768
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.3 MB	539c0bc4b7c4fd25a118c85ce1dfe412a892f82511e7d85c734be16d7d8d88c9
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-583.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	98.8 MB	2394aa3fe69697fda1aa418990f49139a3f01dcab7eaef68258abd3118b1a155

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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