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	130.6 MB	b7db92463d1f5c355c94f7a1af107f26ed17b191deb3de6746dc39c48293787d
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.1 MB	feaf39c5a3f27d08c6056e296202ff72fde9f4bfcad96724c97a78acb360c2d7
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.2 MB	338a1be595215a8d4e6aae4ca97f5aea4410b64a041dac6160c9b579e059be7c
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.2 MB	aaa06b5b0750f689eb11228de4bb632352d1e5c190e02c0e7bdb83472e494821
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.2 MB	92be93c51405f166ec06bc3226ad64f93572178b02b0fe0d9d09fd328b0ccd0e
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.9 MB	bc2652bc43fa5b68c560528503d6f228309c719056867dc92976c117d6bcfb37
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	71.1 MB	65c02501e53dfd73ec2fed067f1ff0a7911f31c5d4b6cd3151a4cca6cfda3876
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-482.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	109.6 MB	c22a8e0fce22aa7b610b289bc4ec9fc70133c238b2f1a252f2967fceb31ad924
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	71.0 MB	bba5f8c8917eab9d601210dc44c47be894f75d227a463bbf44a729b5a7f64192
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-482.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	106.1 MB	94bc12a1f2c4114426cd5d51b83bbbac076cc93f1c60ba8002c855e93d91973d

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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