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	131.3 MB	5923f2039cea16c411f70c4099822d7e74b2974318cbe041d5ccd8c9697c4ffb
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.6 MB	c8d9e5893044454c9449d812740188462eb1ab7ab8ea64402321eaed58cc92f3
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.6 MB	e38086590c06aa3fbe343d98e60954c1a8e1a8d844dc82daf95fc4fff9bc48d7
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.6 MB	d5cf5912a84a1ef13417760282ebe9653851dfc71bd5dc76973f776a74ea80c1
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.6 MB	8bd337c126ad99cb262ff5d427d57e6d6e457ec19fe1c300753fbc5047be8049
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.3 MB	c3fc7695bf5ace704d8c9572e1c42aa2b31e04e78971627f08ac4fc5aa007775
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	73.2 MB	0b2ee57698899f3c7d7b9b97ef174f947535c29cbb3c2f6e992ec2e76a10606c
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-497.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	97.4 MB	2af56ab489236af095e092a73ecf97456d84a561aa664492ae27528a5d00c188
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	73.1 MB	aaacdc29743f864a8ebe9aeb82620b32f6f18404c8c0b9cb8ddb233eb65c4538
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-497.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	95.0 MB	2d99213caa74cd78ab44e65dd518fd210516462be37603f5f9b04e34d2fa1900

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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