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	87.2 MB	309a8fd47df8d4d5694c798b9d0d8968ae736a58f5dceba60eb2cf520b541460
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.4 MB	f4953cde989e8fa7cb0f9f350fa2e01678370e0fe7c7e836d6655be342e38930
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.5 MB	b651d37b53e96570522e6804788fd917f6463121eb9caba0be421f558d78e50e
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.6 MB	7fbfe4dbd15b28e26ddd9335406db82f862c84fff9f444153314c5e06db35445
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.5 MB	7719aba6d853621281d7c70c71bf9ed92958da634f51f501d05b07cd48029a0d
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	51.0 MB	33dace203fda41f7da78f568714ce88a233c50729fe78ec7ac772f03ddf293bb
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.6 MB	ad701e3d1d039e78089e034cd3c0d161f2793e58d8f9d43ac950bbcee3c3dbd8
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-584.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	102.1 MB	69b890b635e70b45ea84cc37568dc3b652a4ed6e20a951a5f8bf4a869095e1ae
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.5 MB	e757d1f72143ed960b26993aadf43899b8a2280fc0f751149790900b12009f98
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-584.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	99.3 MB	eb035046b1d179e5893424a3cedd2f7e11a3654e44b535d4cbff7a013ae4da86

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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