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	148.6 MB	108a60213680d5ab419404aaed4fbc4177391f990b13066b782e4c1684f3b219
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	55.2 MB	f2fbb663606f1f845238749893c997c3cff4ec2073c90d3050ed3cfae52ee5cc
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	55.3 MB	dbd22afe6a11154d80c49e92a8de9dcdf63f34ef4ab7e7e008893afd6eb160a2
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.3 MB	5a6c7de784e2e4ec9c644064b897f115f1d2b7dff1786960b26ecf8117b70adf
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	55.3 MB	d799fe1ef89d92ddb90af7b264e1e85f6a0f46df6f11b51946d7ce48e03f1eaf
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	53.8 MB	739becf000bf3b552d13804702cf745f496edcb9b69520dca0102b417f87d09b
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.4 MB	44003cf9812e9cefcea7d9fc8d2f5be862749fe606115a8e034cc46867fa6ad7
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-511.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	98.8 MB	eb5021eca390dd42057fc32a8d20518ff79c341950677374c56ed108a9698ad4
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.4 MB	21e47fb0196523477275bc334475167445e9e0482cbed6f9fbfc9f5640d14520
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-511.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.4 MB	876eb8cf7a8d2231e1e87f1facda0177dadca6d725e1d4d5507df9a31d3d0f0f

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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