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	c1cd1823624a33f2341d0d384aafe2d7b24c1b77c9b131087d772ee0791ff2be
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.3 MB	67573751523f808db2a7dc9137d8df0faf91f78303e2c346f62ac2db4ae66f9f
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.3 MB	76ae821a3a11b1b69a394c71c2ffe4d820a109f6acaec95a3f46b767a8a63bcc
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.4 MB	44534a3af6e454d37328ddea202db52b0c5d7a2fb884878b5f81b325afb556e0
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.3 MB	dbe65982ea5958b932da53cb002f39a5f29438963f1013ff90bf5499c937c4a0
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	51.8 MB	3b87789372d9fb67892189bc1be02d3adecab17f21f011ce3dc1c336c7816cb5
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	76.6 MB	bc20cd716edf62e0ba110de1be31b8bebe4c520b8b6a09c791f9f3d4c4653f4b
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-586.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	103.1 MB	5fecb9af0f178331b2333c167e57a2676ac286029fb16e328aef911f9d2df2a8
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	76.5 MB	7541870abfda7e96e8637d3d0284c0deb2421f810bad6b8ea5fc320a448d5250
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-586.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	100.3 MB	8adec2260ad502381e56d480f48394f21d403b82d0399a0197df67fcddb2f766

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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