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-433.0.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	186.4 MB	35e02dfcca34101c9e88a2442ea978ac5d8a6904e7d66e9e8c4f6dbbcf932742
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-433.0.1-linux-x86.tar.gz	115.7 MB	0074f4044d3443837dc754a12cd0a615efac89ad0b5144bc5b8a62758cad4a5f
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-433.0.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	120.6 MB	586fc822c1d372210660fe0f48971bef9193fe15a9f5d4f100e36c53679fb3ac
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-433.0.1-darwin-arm.tar.gz	117.8 MB	0810c27e41a1c258ce0f8bb2122459887cd8630db356da0fea276696d0308a44
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-433.0.1-darwin-x86.tar.gz	100.4 MB	64b12b2d83f9eb017c85478b03d7d9247c8bddbef8903057bb7b763f5e5bca07
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-433.0.1-windows-x86_64.zip	137.3 MB	de8efca9eff729430cf845b43915cbd395c59d53b3df67f62f21578ad0bd3b08
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-433.0.1-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	175.9 MB	7fffb9fa1f41e2bac74a22a41896dfdaa87091a273147c38e37b2f061209a361
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-433.0.1-windows-x86.zip	134.8 MB	ec78f268abf9799baa34772694b97ed0c49d3ed20dfe6de9a73754ef77082e32
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-433.0.1-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	170.4 MB	7acf7e46a06050755f6d985e917f4b47d5238134bc402672aec9620307458000

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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