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	203.9 MB	080dc67647ba765295a2045aa0d75364121889b712a98e2c6c7eab93f333015d
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.7 MB	6bb473ed86f23bb3a117398e5dd9039d0412c26ca1595c344146d1a1d4a5e335
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.7 MB	e466be60282a356f46e206c97ac35fb7b3d9894d5e2c7bfc1f611af00938d3dd
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.9 MB	7eefedcb49a1dc75e424ba098820b937a11ca15de650d95f94e3cbe26188025b
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.8 MB	bacc6648f7056a10d7110cff95fbee815e9e42479d9d1dcb15822106860d67d3
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	57.2 MB	3a3df26e89959a858ed38394a07542e138162a6c749f197910521f348804dde1
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	81.2 MB	325a0733891e592385bbed3692c7d31609a991c13337a0de71c3d7316c8018f0
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-558.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	105.4 MB	73928756debc7e1dc32e867b33ead9886836876968ab4e63ea231c3a309dca44
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	81.1 MB	f1547271bf705e4d1885a8b2203e1e1d8f1bbd43a9aa2903a40dd19371d06a62
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-558.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	102.9 MB	61999c9c46aeb7a78d6c059a01179c8f5285687e7de33c913afc6edeb24488cb

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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