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	130.0 MB	22fdff73ba913f196f7977b6ab3f4d8ad1f46e51a7a32f2b6b550d9caa5c2fac
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.5 MB	ae105ce727c95bb58db93fcc5cf30be618b5a4533a2c4d7f6f678a075982c4ee
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.5 MB	e95ed19ff5a6330a858f2babfb3faafaec211a90da5d322e0f4da86f91d52936
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.6 MB	d3eb90cba1e189aada7e8457c59ecd26111258b4c7d689a9cba546595832d600
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.6 MB	de7ca142de617984dfdc1a1c0b941e0206de3d9154c8bb48abd7e398e3bce4bd
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	51.3 MB	bb4499f5c04f45a0ea156aa56fa107a5407c593dc5e6ce31ab9db7bd02eebfa6
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	71.5 MB	97f5463ac5de737291149a1569bcf481b0812959bac5c3c052657dd435bfbc5f
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-485.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	110.0 MB	20f7fdcd6a48013f1ca996a50a23f213620adc056bda43e2b8a64fd00b750517
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	71.5 MB	ef6c9aaf0ca557201c5708d7fad8b3401242dbf4379e8972c3a11437bc40fade
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-485.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	106.6 MB	4ba4266ec6c0236ec70052a7d369378ba7854112810b972120f63e5548586d81

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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