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	131.5 MB	00de87f6194c5e6a589717b9ca59d495c94b09d78abff075b1a430090ca1b955
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.7 MB	020c5914fa78c9264dc383bfe4fce30fcb344784cc993c151d9937f93b56a6f5
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.7 MB	5c8003ce8538d8af1df644d6f5212f03f4bfea000f01ac1a5a38533d6594ae9d
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.8 MB	41dcb6ef75245ba597ba32ecb950b7b28696e32d83fe404c41c92e5b224fcf6a
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.7 MB	91bb5dddc9fe43d99b48e0abccd75e2277723978e0089bd217b20369be7037d7
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.4 MB	56d2ccbed2cc3f7c2429e2f8608094f85a18403be7edf7869b14d3c1934424ba
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	73.5 MB	5ec1e53bad3d56669215a2a39606bf07d4724aa6f7b3d4f07544d09a74d27072
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-500.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	97.6 MB	c29ba5832733710981a37d1ed4ce9b69965cd3e4c15e53bb5ca69c024827f1ff
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	73.4 MB	90b5d94c182866f8a15f8390e3afec01871b41b94abb8cef1fb086b83f10f7f4
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-500.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	95.2 MB	9c6427a0f9dc5028155b016fce35f10282501f645e2390e0f8e35a9cc6bad673

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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