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	b7b28c1d0a2e78a4b063e4f0b8ed5d4b5754fbb62cf335aa8c8003988e08bdd8
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.2 MB	eea7b4a6d2fc1ee0a08e32796d9a8ff0e8e5f33aa021818229d4d25f3b7c0863
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.2 MB	b76abc6887925c151814953666a5db9c71158a658d9d5f2b04d3c8d40cb203f9
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.3 MB	79bb12a1361422a9786502151e929c8e0c4bed8ecc911a8194220eaa990dff9e
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.2 MB	cd10675f52d97946c3503190825c5ec628f8bed9a96752b9e97f489ff65f02b0
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	56.7 MB	6f1ffa94af5411fd931bf3574616af768aab072d66dc7ee3240fadd44579a790
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	80.4 MB	5e3c0e08aaed980d8d5d5bc01bbd4fc13b6cef85977a16592f0821e853a3037a
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-553.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	104.5 MB	4df0de790ede3a5a382e2c9fea1d38f5259eb969467d0897c62877bbc1fdda97
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	80.3 MB	ab2d2130a42dc7ea4085a45b717cad8a7f4b0d49ddc2ced5efea4e3fb0698554
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-553.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	102.1 MB	f30f1fdfc964256e2fd3840bd6ec8d1bffd1bb4ee45770d9c3d257257a522611

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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