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	203.6 MB	e516d3d6a7f74dab32a7f4112f273584bf2314df3299d32babad67cb6fa14a93
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.5 MB	e34dd12fe81f3e7742f8479b4e05c8fb10c13c20d83f67cb102b11442e654f59
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.6 MB	2d969dfee9ee460df168deffbf61982bb62ee1c20856e29c43bfddeb28241940
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.7 MB	3b6c123ef1545f722c82cbe3d8c8caf4bde12d1243f8a92d00ec080a28ee37e4
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.6 MB	8425902ce386a6d0eabc203e08b27249215061b18e6518e45397fa41c44a762c
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	57.1 MB	35f39f0264ec427aea72ddc1016231baf0aeda99697c8091292eacb48ad406ed
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	80.9 MB	790e57db25eff7179ef9c178cdfa95d44e99e3f67171ea70996697b703496562
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-556.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	105.1 MB	d6e01de8c6164dd329f3a9d8c3e230ab34af0a93394df4b27db9e306b9a88eec
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	80.9 MB	8b6e155e1fb6aabf4ede3bab626080f87f035ade111f66a9ffc9228712e36e57
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-556.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	102.6 MB	426c903d84735ad9d9c39688769a7cb5d0831cfb881326c22dd7a3c42cd2c150

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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