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	beb7c8ef61c46ede9295bf68bfb331fbd158575cc3343db585d37b891c890336
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.9 MB	44eb95fd169f92c197f88df527c3aa27d5db9aa977c2fa2d28fa1cf506b00c9f
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.9 MB	10303f55226fac633761ae52e1dbcbcaf7c59fe11232f8196e6e361fc38e2e77
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.9 MB	9d1af0d2b5e7c8a30145831b99ce46272fc0aba754d7d23dcd3ede414b9ff75a
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.9 MB	d986d0c6531be038b71218f8e7e666c5b4d18ef580d6a063550406ed07e460f9
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.6 MB	e98b4bf6449b9207ff5c4bd3df12a1b38ffa0f498274b26f2d80cfe7fb124f81
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	73.7 MB	82270ab11e486c50e552a8ec4e4152a234ddd97d23d062deb85d5d91faa8e5e7
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-502.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	98.9 MB	92938297a064062d619b52cc8b2341f37357195ceda36518734783635b3cb0f0
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	73.6 MB	19fd1d359d4efd0824f89e568b08d58d734d78c1bee66f34b0e29dd9c43b1ce2
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-502.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.4 MB	858428f9c8cb68931a97a02351fb20babe8a652245b64d1027439dca9f3d4805

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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