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	85.4 MB	aef3f33e9fc9cc4733ab3bd0cdc7c88e3fabd7bdc5dbbf2a6f46a1fc51a01d3d
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	60.3 MB	f26d41368e671ba714dd92c8084961de590ab5f92c82658257731302fecc1014
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	60.3 MB	d7fa8151f028c98def37d3a5231fbe37f4ce300689da099a5c5c802159259fed
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	60.5 MB	515764db289d5eb5b65297e3da48afa8106c531ef873f35e0bb10496c146c88a
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	60.4 MB	296ded50d8a639466e8a57b2f3db0a89f699d9d6729018e314fcf4ec31b737f6
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	58.8 MB	502028c9d1d202c5d071d040a59b670576afa1dd518281a644cbf74666778411
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	83.2 MB	478beaf9325b710f8ea2d2013687e028bcc52a503c7223185483deaf637bbf19
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-567.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	107.4 MB	b1c3ee3594c17ff7664838aa90013b11a052e93e4862032372ed85eec47da5f7
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	83.1 MB	e8a4d00c5315124ae2cb4dc72262ee81ebe65a9710b1b4e1f9172f12e658651c
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-567.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	104.8 MB	74cfa036a268645c52b1b0fd83f74128d651874b6d6455419cbffd9d30c336f4

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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