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	148.5 MB	b9c0c9c2a913a2cc65cc2e288413d089d47771208107dff90cd6467bcd36b9c8
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	55.1 MB	e7e271a7202bcaa7986ecbf93942921ed59be2f5c37127b6527e8357d1554ad2
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	55.2 MB	2cbd4b38f9a0bd8131d8b14455fe1016ad33de812924c8b61e8819acece84e47
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.2 MB	e3e9a49cf9c08336c88281b32c4114ab15a6ba21bcf8689eee2e9de2b263c816
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	55.2 MB	1e42e364a7d6d7ead4486ba4edd811b19f91662740442c24a98700348947d5f2
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	53.8 MB	e829d7a7c0516c37f373c7d6e985b6352284c9d4aea7fd9fe5fb550275cdd44c
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.3 MB	3eef2af555efa44c968dac35ef747efa48ab4c951d18fe41bd6e863418ab809a
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-510.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	98.7 MB	0be36a453a04cff4c611fe69219aca1ed2557b9dda017aa64dc3bc4fed8e6e48
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.3 MB	722696c72b2c49d3fe180b14665ef6a476e99fefb6dab1ac3358dbca15c27341
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-510.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.3 MB	1de122fa118ce8e0616b45f45d257f7633d53bb0ea98be97ec7ba826df15454e

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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