Installing Cloud SDK

1. Cloud SDK requires Python; supported versions are Python 3 (preferred, 3.5 to 3.8) and Python 2 (2.7.9 or higher).

   python --version

   Your operating system must be able to run one of these supported Python versions in order for Cloud SDK to run. For more information on how to choose and configure your Python interpreter, refer to gcloud topic startup.
2. Download one of the following:

Platform	Package	Size	SHA256 Checksum
Linux 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	87.5 MB	ab5f228e6b7b4736fcf3f2b59ce5426244367643580ef73fd5abe90708ba51f6
Linux 64-bit (arm)	google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	84.8 MB	a791a4a462fb5ad2da0bf886aad4b9c9b66c57f74f9a864b47802c0dbc2b55f6
Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	84.8 MB	6cd65439769639f19e7298cc26db05a55af1904a1ae4cd5243d417b1ef6ff0d3

3. Alternatively, to download the Linux 64-bit archive file from your command-line, run:
   curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
   For the 64-bit arm archive file, run:
   curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz
   For the 32-bit archive file, run:
   curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz
4. Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system (preferably your Home directory). If you would like to replace an existing installation, remove the existing google-cloud-sdk directory and extract the archive to the same location.
5. Optional. Use the install script to add Cloud SDK tools to your PATH. You'll also be able to opt-in to command-completion for your shell and usage statistics collection.

   Run the script (from the root of the folder you extracted in the last step) using this command:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
   

   This can also be done non-interactively (for example, using a script) as well by providing preferences as flags. These are described in:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --help
   

   Open a new terminal so that the changes take effect.
6. Run gcloud init to initialize the SDK:

./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init

7. Optional. Install additional components using the component manager.

Cloud SDK is available in package format for installation on Debian and Ubuntu systems. This package contains the gcloud, gcloud alpha, gcloud beta, gsutil, and bq commands only. It does not include kubectl or the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands. If you want these components, you must install them separately as described later in this section.

Before you install Cloud SDK, make sure that your operating system is one of the following:

• Ubuntu release that has not reached end-of-life
• Debian stable release that has not reached end-of-life

1. Add the Cloud SDK distribution URI as a package source:

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list

   Make sure you have apt-transport-https installed:

   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg

2. Import the Google Cloud public key:

   curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -

3. Update and install the Cloud SDK:

   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-cloud-sdk

   For additional apt-get options, such as disabling prompts or dry runs, refer to the apt-get man pages.

   Docker Tip: If installing the Cloud SDK inside a Docker image, use a single RUN step instead:

   RUN echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list && curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg  add - && apt-get update -y && apt-get install google-cloud-sdk -y
         

4. Optionally, install any of these additional components:
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python-extras
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-go
   • google-cloud-sdk-bigtable-emulator
   • google-cloud-sdk-cbt
   • google-cloud-sdk-cloud-build-local
   • google-cloud-sdk-datalab
   • google-cloud-sdk-datastore-emulator
   • google-cloud-sdk-firestore-emulator
   • google-cloud-sdk-pubsub-emulator
   • kubectl

   For example, the google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java component can be installed as follows:

   sudo apt-get install google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java

5. Run gcloud init to get started:

   gcloud init

Downgrading Cloud SDK versions

If you'd like to revert to a specific version of Cloud SDK, where VERSION is of the form 123.0.0, run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-cloud-sdk=123.0.0-0 The most recent ten releases will always be available in the repo.

Cloud SDK is available in package format for installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Fedora 33, and CentOS 7 and 8 systems. This package contains the gcloud, gcloud alpha, gcloud beta, gsutil, and bq commands only. It does not include kubectl or the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands, which can be installed separately as described later in this section.

1. Update DNF with Cloud SDK repo information:

   sudo tee -a /etc/yum.repos.d/google-cloud-sdk.repo << EOM
   [google-cloud-sdk]
   name=Google Cloud SDK
   baseurl=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/cloud-sdk-el8-x86_64
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=0
   gpgkey=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/yum-key.gpg
          https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
   EOM
   

2. Install the Cloud SDK:

   sudo dnf install google-cloud-sdk

3. Optionally, install any of these additional components:
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python-extras
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java
   • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-go
   • google-cloud-sdk-bigtable-emulator
   • google-cloud-sdk-cbt
   • google-cloud-sdk-cloud-build-local
   • google-cloud-sdk-datalab
   • google-cloud-sdk-datastore-emulator
   • google-cloud-sdk-firestore-emulator
   • google-cloud-sdk-pubsub-emulator
   • kubectl

   For example, the google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java component can be installed as follows:

   sudo dnf install google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java

4. Run gcloud init to get started:

   gcloud init

Downgrading Cloud SDK versions

If you'd like to revert to a specific version of Cloud SDK, where VERSION is of the form 123.0.0, run: sudo dnf downgrade google-cloud-sdk-VERSION The most recent ten releases will always be available in the repo.

1. Cloud SDK requires Python:
   • Supported versions are Python 3 (3.7 recommended) and Python 2 (2.7.9 or higher).
   • Modern versions of macOS include the appropriate version of Python required for the Cloud SDK. To check your current Python version, run python -V.
   • For Cloud SDK release version 352.0.0 and above, the main install script offers to install CPython's Python 3.7 on Intel-based Macs.
   • For more information on how to choose and configure your Python interpreter, refer to gcloud topic startup.
2. Download one of the following:

Platform	Package	Size	SHA256 Checksum
macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	88.0 MB	2d465f98d30f3bc59a047c7f9e38b733bf8d705e9bc7391817dc918cec91c665
macOS 64-bit (arm64, Apple M1 silicon)	google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	87.9 MB	c2de8931711108f6542f291c140b806a93570315ab461ec0f903518ff817bbf7
macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-sdk-355.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	91.7 MB	92caeb54c41d446e716bbb6107a56d71b48a66f0a2cca4a6423f4cbfa379611b

1. Extract the archive to any location on your file system (preferably your Home directory). On macOS, this can be achieved by opening the downloaded .tar.gz archive file in the preferred location.

   If you would like to replace an existing installation, remove the existing google-cloud-sdk directory and extract the archive to the same location.

2. Optional. Use the install script to add Cloud SDK tools to your PATH.

   You'll also be able to opt-in to command-completion for your shell and usage statistics collection, and optionally install Python 3.7.

   Run the script (from the root of the folder you extracted in the last step) using this command:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
   

   This can also be done non-interactively (for example, using a script) as well by providing preferences as flags. These are described in:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --help
   

   If you'd like to run the install script with screen reader mode on:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --screen-reader=true
   

   Open a new terminal so that the changes take effect.
3. Run gcloud init to initialize the SDK:

./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init

4. Optional. Install additional components using the component manager.

1. Download the Cloud SDK installer.

   Alternatively, open a PowerShell terminal and run the following PowerShell commands:

   (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe", "$env:Temp\GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe")
   
   & $env:Temp\GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe
       

2. Launch the installer and follow the prompts. The installer is signed by Google LLC.

   If you're using a screen reader, check the Turn on screen reader mode checkbox. This option configures gcloud to use status trackers instead of unicode spinners, display progress as a percentage, and flatten tables. For more information, see the Accessibility features guide.

3. Cloud SDK requires Python; supported versions are Python 3 (preferred, 3.5 to 3.8) and Python 2 (2.7.9 or higher). Cloud SDK comes bundled with Python 3 by default. To use Cloud SDK, your operating system must be able to run a supported version of Python.

   The installer installs all necessary dependencies, including the needed Python version. While Cloud SDK installs and manages Python 3 by default, you can use an existing Python installation if necessary by unchecking the option to Install Bundled Python. See gcloud topic startup to learn how to use an existing Python installation.

4. After installation is complete, the installer gives you the option to create Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts, start Cloud SDK shell, and configure the Cloud SDK. Make sure that you leave the options to start the shell and configure your installation selected. The installer starts a terminal window and runs the gcloud init command.

5. The default installation doesn't include the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands. These components can be installed using the Cloud SDK component manager.

• If your installation is unsuccessful due to the find command not being recognized, ensure your PATH environment variable is set to include the folder containing find. Usually, this is C:\WINDOWS\system32;.
• If you have just uninstalled Cloud SDK, you must reboot your system before installing Cloud SDK again.