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	96.9 MB	6b49f19c8cb61304276c5bea9ebf20ca3ec5ef1a37489924dde2811c8fc0e266
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	60.1 MB	c7ad5b5448fc22c9f33af0347c2ba7beebecaad9bbc6811b60d1819f8f2478c7
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	60.2 MB	ad7496f5902c2407831f76a7e944431bf7bdcc839882c7c792cf47e3f8251066
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	60.3 MB	d696304cca3b70f0320b8d11f2532e93126a198f7aba92d61fd74cf9399d8c86
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	60.2 MB	2e4de36e0e6b920e5224957295dc18b6736999e3a6ee8cf3a1dc38a9db3c7212
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	58.6 MB	ced2ec989c086d25477e77a5723192905e8d382184571da4bb68c23a3053d9eb
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	83.0 MB	945cff109eb222d3f9e713a4323f27f6915623934bfd30a109d552b4cf3e5bf7
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-566.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	107.2 MB	8a5d4c31c01d0f96a8e8dd11d07ab918b46e937c76a6d5df273f030693be5490
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	82.9 MB	d579d2e0e8b5d60f13d14d6138a8d171626a27ca25a9d38ab9e20e660f75b753
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-566.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	104.7 MB	ec5f4bfd39f117de947e6016eba957c1ce70d7af1ed24b1ea647c41b3503b30b

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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