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	130.7 MB	983a52dc31497f28ad6abd41f6917aef2fc2842ca1afc6b9eb0e65a159ec1c32
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.2 MB	637bbeb8c1004b28ee33576e59fdf6a76ad1ba1900b8c43d93510c85cb0beb1e
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.2 MB	93b6994d3b84c8cb0d51cdddf8d6ac7f5e37c502683c0a1e64de2b1647072617
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.3 MB	9d2850e5313842118b36a9142761efa6e792bc58988dbd2469ec99f52da49b34
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.2 MB	a40c55a1b1841ce97ea78ea00db70117dbf37101c3cf54b51a344a505a78d381
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	51.0 MB	ff413b65f58f11f2a5853b91cb745c924b8eb03961752d4ed61a97f0ce1d8920
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	71.2 MB	7600cd0c707d54c548a8402ae6f0e36f992cfcf6f5119844472a2ba117e56df2
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-483.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	109.7 MB	ff268f48f570851a1c48d1febee7928561926f09fd302302db23111be63a7821
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	71.1 MB	eee8b87db5d89d38c7838bbd0d408b83147cd9eb954b62cfae9207fdc8625cb8
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-483.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	106.2 MB	98abb8771d693ed44b9291970f6a4d369cc254de52ed8e2caf81115c0b22cee1

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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