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	87.8 MB	82be040c2d899ddb7560c1532e809a685e2c605b97b8c24570a68638d634dcbf
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.1 MB	8c98d127fe0dd62bdb56fe42c3579b5d9e1f80242cdc1f8e3e285baddc5439e7
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.1 MB	a207add769ce21341e4262ea7a654f40398b45fdccf6304d8ce2bad154ca0853
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.3 MB	c8d29252efdd88dbc4018581bd9508742c803856f5fa5a5b70a07a8b82489dd5
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.2 MB	c7f3470e0bf2a9a9f646bfbf7cd1331b753311638b2db558c3f94a83e4729d22
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	51.6 MB	1d394556d9b3ae82604bc6f7e51bde4faee5b07c44486400cb505eec3b3426f5
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	76.3 MB	54f0a27484427796e5e571a59cf96a027efb28299e4bcb77bc2faac11502d141
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-585.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	102.9 MB	42ab5eb7ccc4c217f96afcc17f427f177b58af5334854e358d2b909115c2fd79
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	76.3 MB	ef801833141ff58cec1a4c661f88d1f2baa45e537b9bdd4f75fbf3a1c7d7fb6b
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-585.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	100.1 MB	172cc74cca7a0fee3088078efc917ef14fbdbfddbe61de0fe65e4dedf404409a

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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