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	150.3 MB	128aaaf6ef1bcf9ca84d227202f92ab30e51c5ff5b1b44dfa4bcdd4b65f2ba46
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	56.9 MB	c7c0ae1a4b9757eed63e7c96c99eefbb0be7c79b3614177fbb13980007bac22e
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	56.9 MB	159a757178daa9e1a53166ec62b70ff476cc15a18d4d9a36d3e60b8a850c9a52
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	56.9 MB	cc0f5d2f660889a399435a218bffebdb43d056b5d37a69142cf7dc2395c18f7d
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	56.9 MB	4fa417f74a2e0a8839907e36d11e05731d8b4ba4445d300d2b7155060c0dcc8e
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	55.4 MB	4af66400e2bbe20c05602c92cdde9e85c5f12818404e15aa4398b0bc580bc4ea
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	78.1 MB	aab0e2d9ce1a2f6aa0c0a1c395bda74a732c00b35be654f01f43cd6e42e3ee76
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-539.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	101.5 MB	ad447e4ccb093b50ab5ad0e5e64704d34a3606aaf073aab3e6f87b4e8d23e939
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	78.0 MB	94dfe5c86788b43e5c8506418f754c1723c98ee8a74b76820df8effdf98e946b
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-539.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	99.1 MB	23f0445ba154df301ff10b49dc2b561b298fd64abdfa03c84d2103f5b493ee41

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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