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	88.0 MB	96c99c1ca5defa34776cd3a3888626c567e8b7ac9f9d2944fa62d16d522b98ac
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.9 MB	fb3946b8558beaade24595ddf7e388f63e57c614cb90a6463558779d6ec0c14c
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	54.0 MB	c407993e9504e343a76dc185e879192cb6f16ba59533e23db6870dd4c971d992
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	54.1 MB	ab133704d7a2ed8fff603232160bd0f737f628a8a1d6ef90283e35600574c11e
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	54.0 MB	8d9a37edebadca3428a0823410c0451949221a373429b4032af8b344442f3333
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.4 MB	4d492addab4b3bd48c71d2fe252d77cd3a73dad55ff366f8b57da44270c7c53c
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	77.6 MB	ed3c27ffeb1449363200b6e9ee55f223883a66f5109a1d5eb0fd32110c7b7ebc
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-587.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	103.1 MB	1eeb072422a032eaa4aa4748ba5e954906f9bf3edede2b8f0b25837ad77fe3c5
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	77.6 MB	3f9f98f044179458c71dd164395b9f52d7b4eeca9d2bdc9ada5cf74c97601713
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-587.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	100.3 MB	51c791e2fcdf678480b9afcfc0163535a97a2cc55c628d07f316a3d3dbe9bd8a

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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