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	148.8 MB	fa9a93f15e8e923e0fa7f2f290606fdad2479e276ebee0132a1e94cae5504477
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	55.5 MB	f3f28a4a40ab0674cc1fe9e883b1afecc0458d57f91d1e6565a7020df4d2b5bb
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	55.5 MB	069c74a1d3c102dafc84977790e9225a481225273a69c1e566e7264fd76d6e19
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.6 MB	bf69d060a93ee74e5307973a96cd4e9d6faa8a33753d7a50a3057c523861000e
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	55.5 MB	faa42cb9a4aa553de17735dc9bfdc4ee13f343005c72b455ad103956e85f3845
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	54.1 MB	fc59c8c48da7d746b0fd116a0353cb7cef2765ad5ffb4b37e088fee278344fc8
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.9 MB	60f120d1fb0f01833335dc951af7d4c102a14055b8f832a2054ea0f80dffe8c6
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-514.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	99.2 MB	50c49e4394f2c863cdb7d964328c2685db04accbeb5d9ec36eae3562f3c3e804
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.8 MB	15fb634800e9f488d38752dcd64aad8073b8088329e9870b2132209412d12104
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-514.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.8 MB	2cf05e490da6e0ebea6b868f881635870f0de4d260e74d97daae305658e965b4

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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