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	204.4 MB	5b52cd57fc55b281c1fd3dc3bdbb23c136eda04395c2067a97b4eae46ebaa8e7
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	59.2 MB	fe1f39a1930048e18af6dd2682ece0a44adf9cbc5a13740490cd1b15a41100dc
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	59.2 MB	ae31fe27f61094a2a71ee5e4bbd3657edf13e9e6157193d25221610e43c4a4df
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	59.4 MB	60e3bd647dc15345fed388964b1eecd2a4686f6eafdf86490715c313330e5324
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	59.3 MB	b447cb69bddf758a6141f29d009b33159b839a1639fb0a93252aeec6cc80d7e9
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	57.7 MB	5c890a0099f022aec71902616038358524fbef435c40795f5c21813c2b17b661
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	81.9 MB	7fea0eb242e85a43afe55cc1c677db5c008064d5937581bd19adbefe0341fc37
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-563.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	106.2 MB	dd35188bc20feaf32d622b058542448ce348fbc86f0526be1e2032aa9eadced3
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	81.8 MB	bba6aa45e7c2043304f5c21d1890cc0b0ac79229882ad0dc5052da9bb6e7038c
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-563.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	103.6 MB	914660516ba66addf731621cf76462ddac75278d7066468545a8ebb27df6f737

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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