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	94.0 MB	351ed4a2812c5525c1cee00334257a42c020fcaffa27d3067c1eec0a618dd83f
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	54.4 MB	dc3ad610faefe6f9d2e4472affe1db71836315f43ab3a3747221eb7595b431cb
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	54.4 MB	704d32be816d1aef1250721e52fc2d9e0802eab6eac513aef97db4c7ace19b2b
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	54.5 MB	9ff4e7c7fa49eca2e61af3d6ba31735ed08f90e5fae503d19d4c1c520f818736
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	54.4 MB	b1f80ffe9cc970ff1935b4adfddd0fb89d7e7b3341a88d70216d4283211b8d2d
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.9 MB	b2da028700b7af4ebc2364fc59398921a3c2d67f91fe63d3a7a42648a54eb6ab
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	78.9 MB	2a80d1c35d88ec72bc6ac29ef4c9c8642057f9040222a291c728caea9b867b34
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-590.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	104.6 MB	e6b97a6f4a084069daf5101e520f83ff950e9962eba505e9581141cf3590b999
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	78.9 MB	42f04a898fdfcbeef122ba08ee2bee8567f008ea726fb5314eccb28fe5ae7cc7
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-590.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	101.9 MB	0bf280c0cdfcfbb04976880553767099087e15c532d99d2d1d8911a4e6e3ed62

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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