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	203.2 MB	9a052fb99838c2bb328bcc0884d7a7deae91f1f6c66e9b0022342612ac27f346
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.0 MB	e540d6cb9dc0d115dccf65bdd78bcc79d1e24ae850b28cddce64ed53dee0060f
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.1 MB	98d5c95691d93b01b6dc1e2e2d9c6f88cc3179910e730ae31075623561ecc965
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.2 MB	d6ac470153616f77598895da121bbd0f5255f0a4080cf09a9d35fac6461e8715
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.1 MB	584f40eeec5e222fe4f79abe0baa88ff92cace02b9862e77827d2f2b0dc39435
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	56.6 MB	a8c3822480c43f27182006dbf69ca3d6bfe4f565b67ead9f67998d5bbb432ca2
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	80.0 MB	28018c41a0ab5956c600f797b868cf0b3e557db0c96e0c0a048a844a4f4d7ded
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-551.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	104.1 MB	14bc98bc630a738d9d9fd0f68523ec654cb74b6945db75ec30d4a9d6a1cc22ca
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	79.9 MB	f1361dafed180a07ab820d2d0f27649dc4d6ea5342c8a03c58cbeea7bcf4a593
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-551.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	101.7 MB	8640c0646e86fb9eca5cdee78c08ce5346d4fbbb899db1e60e5e14a3b46024e7

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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