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	148.4 MB	74abed7fb05c3a23bccd16f25de65581e26c2416fa09bdda1d9d350ed6074a56
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	55.1 MB	7e3ff570abf4be2368c36b0cf3b3a55290ff57a238cc29fed8bf2213f3debf2a
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	55.1 MB	4ce4de02d74befb6ed1242a47b75a9081a0e9a27362183ac23e8b6a722f3c135
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.2 MB	cb1126a5b56649e7dadb3d03c80b7266a0d200b3ce135f22891025eb3524c344
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	55.1 MB	dfcd0c7d0fa9fb875e3760215718e19d9ce3bb808541113dce3f66959902f4f1
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	53.7 MB	35cad3808d35ad933f42e3932f4da84114542813493e35508161a82d0d66d141
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.3 MB	724297a539e2d05d69fe52692731bb0904a35747337f593b1d3ea7d3c29f8b08
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-509.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	98.6 MB	b3c966d1e85f5dbe90d34b4c26df3627818ec46764d8044ee6c5ae4b079b6853
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.2 MB	8a1d1d4cbdb62bc94f72d399f0043a0d5f3c509a3f9b775c6fdf4144a5393cc2
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-509.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.2 MB	d6b29b6e0894748ad31d682b0d0e2dfa1dc3b14d83b2ddf7b8ca5237bffd5767

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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