How to install Google Cloud CLI on Linux?
Pre-requisites
Before the installation of the gcloud CLI, confirm that Python 3 is installed (Python 3.5 or higher, 3.7 is recommended).
Installation steps
Follow the following steps to install the Google Cloud CLI.
Step 1: Download source
Download one of the following tarball depending upon your operating system. If you don’t know what your operating system is, run the getconf LONG_BIT command:
Or, run the following command to download the Linux 64-bit archive file:
curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-387.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Run the following command to download the Linux 64-bit arm archive file:
curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-387.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz
Run the following command to download Linux 32-bit archive file:
curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-387.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz
Step 2: Extract the content
Run the following command to extract the content of the downloaded archive file.
tar -xf google-cloud-cli-387.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz
Make sure the file name is correct after tar -xf. The above example is for the 32-bit archive file.
Note: To replace the existing installation, delete all content of the
google-cloud-sdkdirectory and extract the content in thegoogle-cloud-sdkdirectory.
Step 3: Install gcloud
From the root folder where you’ve extracted the archive file, run the following command to execute the installation script.
./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
To install google-cloud-cli non-interactively, set all preferences as flags. Use the --help flag with the above command to see all preferences.
Step 4: Answer prompts
Answer Y to the prompt if you want to send the usage statistics anonymously to Google for the improvement of Google Cloud CLI.
Answer Y to the prompt to enable the command completion and to add the gcloud CLI to your PATH.
Step 5: Initialize gcloud
Use the following command to initialize the gcloud CLI:
./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init
Step 6: Install additional gcloud components (optional)
Use the following command to install the additional components of gcloud.
gcloud components install [COMPONENT_ID]
For example, use the following function to install the AppCtl component:
gcloud components install appctl
Similarly, update and remove keywords can be used instead of install to update and remove the gcloud components.
