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	87.9 MB	3d6b3c9d45873e0f1d69c48b754e2c35fa729dc3cf10d6c1754b4823f886590d
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	60.8 MB	f9ca605f186ac186e161df191406e72728356bc950535ea0fcfcf74501d5fdad
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	60.8 MB	f9e84d6bc95ff92ed021f8b8b99f64b6f4314482fd497f63746c1bb0943d5fc8
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	61.0 MB	4120743d00e42dfa0ae8609caff99c8bd90264b28ec3b2b70f629eea74c3d6dd
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	60.9 MB	65582afb4c5f9f020831785978c8a0a158f627224bc3ac4573fae53c414abf00
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	59.3 MB	d3cf00e96d387d2ed3a36462bf12931094700ff213e725d135aeac39fe672eaa
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	83.9 MB	ce7dadaa818d8c88b857a67930a16e12e56b478851d8781758d38078e656c043
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-573.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	109.2 MB	62e2f4d6d03784db0ff8a2f7e868ed880a97cc3a355eb861e1fa1a8f6790480e
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	83.8 MB	127128c6d6c65297044c92d6b6046dd6538db9bb9a5b1b549fb62f64abdc7997
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-573.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	106.6 MB	a5afe3187cabf432de16ec4a669405dc7827f1069ee23c9a656d278ad1717181

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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