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	150.5 MB	829dfe40f9dcc1f293642bc1fa816e3bf3cec065416df5e5df80b26ea2469eb9
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	57.1 MB	c76f9e67dd6bd92b2f96a274565f3cf467d7d95b55ac40f056e5997568d09444
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	57.2 MB	6966bdb953764083f3e5d49f1ed0f7a13f34a3f193a24394ae69ab2c52dfba84
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	57.2 MB	54182decb607e47a60029fe8c76158a5647f2023cea3ab6296f31c4ef5fe2410
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	57.2 MB	332559d0d0e6f35ecc6b99290a3cfe6396151b4e222b4364c0f6a379020bbbe5
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	55.7 MB	9d905af3f7f520adfdf2341d6e91528e6aba67cd4be03cfe99484675606c6dac
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	78.6 MB	e07f324525338863029b7dde7d8a4edd9ad1d8c99f421b00309e9bccb645ec2f
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-544.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	102.0 MB	19000b6d80fa1a8c9ac3dfcede4f9b5872652de892b48ee21b8d058e5123a26d
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	78.5 MB	bdbfb60f4c8a3c20625cf9d57ed16c81c99a1a900c9868272ee7cc0cd1dc19f7
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-544.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	99.7 MB	ebebdc69439ecbde393a7a3725022925c081398f3829c6521a649df99c13abe2

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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