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	93.5 MB	817026aec0adea0e2ee8ed3a1ba3eabfe9e5177581fbe16595a8fe495a601300
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	54.1 MB	c7b9abef0649e0fccc70bf2aaaa031a0aa6202863e45fabe938698dc93d4934c
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	54.1 MB	69f2e18bd0e706a6b31d005381bdf6b17ede01bcf6ce1804a42e2e7cef09bd9c
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	54.3 MB	b49e8cb9d348267d46fade7b9c916a1aed7ce0ec07e142ce41cc0d24a95a9651
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	54.2 MB	71b37ca07ab0f9bc43898e42c913e10f143166230ab31e0bbea3632dbc77b010
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.6 MB	bc9d328fbf56f650b57d9a70eb267993c98d0a9cbd15864b0b8fee949ea1039f
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	78.2 MB	1458a138e05a2e1c9efb5ff0d501289fcf8a747746f643bab4c9a8dd95360baf
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-589.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	103.7 MB	b9c2f4f296154f55e8a31a6979106573bc1ad8691041d4a32ea90c1834fdf995
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	78.2 MB	7e2db73189172ffe985fd607b108d08958b7ad7e5980623f895b0a884a83a878
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-589.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	101.0 MB	2bbccd52ecccdfcfcdf89365369c51b7659732ebdafd6176aec4c4e89df670a0

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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