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	87.4 MB	45f8fdf30d78a338218f43b1d2b05478d2d7ca8cc4b9c28f802b84a6de0fc8d9
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	60.4 MB	0fecff8f98fe1675d843065b6f1b574d656620becb1ab9bb565b7ba2ddd4d05e
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	60.4 MB	37cd5b782cc0884d549148d4961321b8c6f92e0e5358efd450dd0548c0d4cedb
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	60.6 MB	cab2863676bbb73bf149f20fa325076097a94485e144a1f0820d7c601adc6de2
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	60.5 MB	7483864c8fa41fd7bdbbec6335d359caa52efc175c3183ecba3ba9dd326e9c58
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	58.9 MB	c2764997e01cffc82dd4eb95815ac781cfbfab2382d5626788a5537699bef3cc
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	83.3 MB	baf2cba0ed0d02073c3f77a80ec0d54382324f5d4a8f76dc2e7f8657c1baad6a
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-568.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	107.5 MB	6ac60e97e3d1f88afeb063f9bc458dea3ac37f5ba42398c65aa33e93a4c2e16b
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	83.3 MB	0a78d89e79c287f17039d8fbc9378eac17034c638f34a2e7ac1ff0de00553105
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-568.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	105.0 MB	db7cd418bbb73fef94a9bcce64e8676964b820cc1562738dbc61d6b8fa6b8e4b

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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