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	86.7 MB	b4832487d3e7f87fb5520143d23bf56293189bfc21d4600b9e69059f3ed9bde8
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.2 MB	c708889791d7799dfa35101631e600a0da15c0ca9ad4f4fc08e04164482aa7a6
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.2 MB	57d94dd2946b243fe327029887439d2f1846779b67ba7fa7b8d86a59702d4948
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.3 MB	cf366d92cda5e0e10d9ed78ac56bf3e0e9b1aec805028be67631760135c696fb
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.3 MB	15d17b0d82cbea10645fb5523f6cecdee9bb946040c4c22b1f52b1bd4b9ab3dd
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.7 MB	a18734a723cfef579c5f3fcd7398baf5bad0c724ff3eac8e50b93b5d88e429e0
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.1 MB	72fe577f151ae33d7ff480a5bea516be7316bbcf08205733755bce2468e99577
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-582.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	101.5 MB	0f9cfc3ef59c46eca9c3254e1e5b0bd42b3894b71464faa91054456277ddd6f8
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.1 MB	b72249c590143c15efd06f0504a93e951dea9273e5e2ccf1812d4bf076020ad6
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-582.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	98.7 MB	a21e7605107bae34cf7e1b2d38cd78a5c8c3a212d2ac58a35dc6c5f5b9f855bd

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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