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	203.4 MB	178d2a30063ceb8030640a162ced8cf9bc87676692c3688171728ba832e4118c
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.3 MB	a13fe949eadc3ca7419adf1985042532d1cf8d2aa3150ab380554a8e401749dd
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.4 MB	9312c01be9807bd2db5795e5725f50ef313132f3697c159310ec382eb4efafb0
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.5 MB	68db5e161926185a31368b2786a2b7ed4ac7e84ed48d9f906e6b6e2e62eefe6f
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.4 MB	202d43022bdebb7cf921b1726f13624785d237d0b76bf9caa0fc78097aee2a17
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	56.9 MB	25292aa27ffcd37c16d6a8c6ffafa1753387d1c63ff2fc36bbc2c273d416e50c
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	80.6 MB	6eb8883ca31da5a5423263812d4678e5662016f5ffdba63e6a1d0022c023dbc9
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-555.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	104.8 MB	ae5c60047983a655f37edf4cd80fc992c19cb1224024beed76a2d4866536e72d
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	80.6 MB	b212dcd52297cd870b9f5051b049fc1e9c76985314e10a6b5326bac9433a0998
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-555.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	102.3 MB	17c8410f58155954187b28c529dbf5ec7b764221bc741929c8adf14f264db9f0

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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