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	131.4 MB	6b51a06aea82a83784f5e4d401a2b876f1ba2d21fe4ef1f171cf65864952f1f1
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.7 MB	fed03accf21201957e936e096ed167192caafa12bebded325f7ea7fc8f068241
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.7 MB	1cfd2796ac9085bb15fb625aac9f22abbd6e422fd471c8b753ccee5d3f5c7d66
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.7 MB	a04a881e04b8999725a675c5f47f8ae7b1cc6ba6cb65ae4f014e2fe17f2e8c70
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.7 MB	f7b7c1bc1ed540718a953a29d196205d881dd2c1e758bfc2489ea5e83204a3b8
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.4 MB	b0dfdf14a284af3721936ea79a1d66d4189e94bd3d1bbdb31c3d963fcf1893c6
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	73.4 MB	b6c42c0a34d08ed3aa09dbcf1bb05be57571a8f068a22fdcf908f959a631e225
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-499.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	97.5 MB	370364f94e522da67b8f4681e4b4a631a35f63267f6bd64bbafe5d7f9f6a50a8
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	73.3 MB	e423c6ba647eb3d33109416611a2f339c2608f2f2c63f51bb26edb7c4f269cb6
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-499.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	95.1 MB	338486e0302721481752f0229a98029ae9806c220e0b4f0e55f927f422c50977

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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