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	131.6 MB	afcd3781a2c71c7a8132d8016773f54cec87053ee0af80286a4f281f8d06ce78
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.8 MB	0b1b727896ded1388c0600a05a525d8bf3bb608e9bfc718c072a31e13df1187f
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.8 MB	44c25e31595afb2328f85d2ef664dd13afb48d07a17fb675f37837c9fa65be9a
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.9 MB	87b0db75f61c22000580193bee1b14db38885e99bc5ac8e4a9f8352a8bd29230
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.8 MB	a6420adf356ed75d605494052c599807b70cb3d25823381d1e1ab39e9f9c8219
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.5 MB	faab0427ebd7f0b6642e8c9e53c5f99044ba924009b7584c2c466bd5ca99ebce
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	73.6 MB	0d6610ad9f3e32e27e813eb4c99f3e191532e44c0574a283ffcb3d282c3f5309
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-501.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	98.8 MB	cca36a089d0b36b65c7d032c20762c4c3ebd73875504a6deaf08cae072a03f82
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	73.5 MB	da316875a3e3657ec07a84b290344f547400eacacb5e584b50f76a043400d8d7
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-501.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.3 MB	c6c23d3d404f30c1a6c1a159d9ed9e8b54f3e784355e1dd1c28a480a0f719a43

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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