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-474.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	129.9 MB	4af0d83c2c8d9b50fc965b314009259ccf8263c1fc8f07fd5b1bfb24f5f5bec5
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-474.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	51.7 MB	794710d1f5acdb7e6466e8879b8650fdc87e3debaaefae8f89b22929165440d4
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-474.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	51.7 MB	ab9a128944e27aeaed5deb72804694c0b702de7d04c48ecc56c917973087fc07
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-474.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	51.7 MB	b9dd9c4857dd2047571d32096908b23376023ee7d5262f02874f8e92becefd4a
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-474.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	51.7 MB	01b59ab74e0c3c4764a8360baa6cea3a7993e29c453dfa35378c0730833a6e6b
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-474.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.5 MB	9c8ed9c61af35f4ec7b14f902721b2f64d64b87f538713251749c7dd8f50adaf
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-474.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip	70.2 MB	7265e1568e853789c2a6687a156928e9957d0d071efc32b29c8eea639087591d
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-474.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	181.9 MB	2f8a26cbb86633c232b47f82ba91208cb56520acbd4fb63a71be4bc49cfe13d7
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-474.0.0-windows-x86.zip	70.2 MB	b87bd2caa41075c02099f54fa8ff0a6d2b21e3836347cdbccd9db0485dbf193d
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-474.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	173.1 MB	5604202deb9eb77b76f30bc9b69f0d09c55b3c5bd306841dd3404305ff9c1e16

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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