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	132.7 MB	e5d1ba5d5e1543d9973a887a3d4682086b9d6c15911ed4f2c7f8397ca48c3e17
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	54.9 MB	c680c81805a67804adbaa9b28a65603ef7a332abde19f0fd9a018f0b819a4f9d
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	54.9 MB	6c6cc509c65030af2dba6678c9b0bf510f3b205fc454faf9596d64d8da3bf5bd
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.0 MB	a5edd96856f2e9c59a5ae53d7dbe9987edd91101198a4eeda607f09283614ccd
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	54.9 MB	57e14eebd065f2452f045b4fbf6b59070128509169db7e81841855a15a05013b
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	53.5 MB	3793668cc8e0a4256f619f4c5cd717570450db7b9a0da3614c6b1300f89d21f8
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.1 MB	cc4892aeab7fc8e5802b24c1d3ef3d0b2148947a798a7b54982527af96715ef0
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-508.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	100.2 MB	fa2cfc308e2f8c6fa4f8ce6b20801d305425877f662e45a7c6663f5390e27009
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.0 MB	f811fe8b034feb74ae135af83c2536f5c49f007fcef4a029665eb06b53264f9b
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-508.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	97.8 MB	55e2d2cf342ea57508ab0f68b2a7b1df06b975e333228358e8656a84b46d93dc

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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