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	149.7 MB	1ec7d351de14277c00c430f9fb939255c4b63940417da2f24ff6413a9e221c2f
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	56.3 MB	e6153461e3154ebce61d35b73005bdd14a0ecacd42e5008f66e25b4ad231e5c9
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	56.3 MB	09690f1b126ccc8e777c4a1ef2c0b74a08103d89329b03856d688071baa9fc07
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	56.4 MB	0c0101a65f3473a5db6a2ebc1867c3294cdbd88fef34da91050869f76149a822
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	56.4 MB	80cfba6da278d0ce8a8a0625bec9648ea5a39ea42daf2536068f19edb175dc70
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	54.9 MB	53c23a16a66a2d38966fc7080cd2e29afe1d5c85b1c52985c19f7fd2c09f995a
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	77.2 MB	9fef81d2b60cb73787661a363b543884d0c12fda2fbb09fd7aa28b67f3d799c6
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-530.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	100.6 MB	347e0a7533c059ace699231ce00339df87ed17cda5555f5faa49456ba702ceaf
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	77.2 MB	605581a61e8375d20c49b08397684261d5b2404ea198ef1580c80c6f0af81ce2
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-530.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	98.2 MB	b835ae6c265403a178fc679879d89ab398f199c97fbc6ea9147151388ba7eec2

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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