Installing a Snap package

Note: This installation method is only available on Ubuntu versions that supportsnaps.

If you prefer automatic updates, you can install the Google Cloud CLI using a snap package on Ubuntu systems. This package contains the gcloud CLI,gcloud alpha,gcloud beta,gsutil,docker-credential-gcloud, andbq command-line tools only. It doesn't includekubectl or the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using the gcloud CLI. If you need these components, install theDebian package instead.

  1. If you have the old snap packagegoogle-cloud-sdk installed, remove it with the following command:
    snap remove google-cloud-sdk
     You can't install the new snap package without removing this package because both installations require the same aliases.
  2. Install the gcloud CLI snap package:
    snapinstallgoogle-cloud-cli--classic
  3. Optional: To enable command completion, update your profile to source the completion script.

    For Bash shells, run the following command:

    echo"source /snap/google-cloud-cli/current/completion.bash.inc">>~/.bashrc

    For Zsh shells, run the following command:

    echo"source /snap/google-cloud-cli/current/completion.zsh.inc">>~/.zshrc

    You must restart your shell for this change to take effect.

  4. Rungcloud init to initialize, authorize, and configure the gcloud CLI.

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Last updated 2025-12-17 UTC.