NAME

gcloud-components - List, install, update, or remove Google Cloud SDK components or packages.

SYNOPSIS

gcloud components
  COMMAND
  [--format FORMAT]
  [--help]
  [--project PROJECT]
  [--quiet, -q]
  [-h]

DESCRIPTION

List, install, update, or remove Google Cloud SDK tools.

Because you might need only some of the tools in the Cloud SDK to do your work, you can control which tools are installed on your workstation. You can install new tools on your workstation when you find that you need them, and remove tools that you no longer need. The gcloud command regularly checks whether updates are available for the tools you already have installed, and gives you the opportunity to upgrade to the latest version.

Tools can be installed as individual components or as preconfigured packages of components that are typically all used together to perform a particular task (such as developing a PHP application on App Engine).

Certain components depend on other components. When you install a component that you need, all components upon which it directly or indirectly depends, and that are not already present on your workstation, are installed automatically. When you remove a component, all components that depend on the removed component are also removed.

The list command shows you all the tools in the Cloud SDK, whether they are installed on your machine, and whether an installed tool needs updating.

The update command installs a tool for the first time, or upgrades to the latest version.

The remove command removes an individual component.

The restore command undoes the effect of the most recent update or remove command.

FLAGS

--format FORMAT

Specify a format for printed output. By default, a command-specific human-friendly output format is used. Setting this flag to one of the available options will serialize the result of the command in the chosen format and print it to stdout. Supported formats are: "json", "text", "yaml".

--help

Display detailed help.

--project PROJECT

Google Cloud Platform project to use for this invocation.

--quiet

Disable all interactive prompts when running gcloud commands. If input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be raised.

-h

Print a summary help and exit.

COMMANDS

COMMAND is one of the following.

list

List the status of all Cloud SDK components.

remove

Remove one or more installed components.

restore

Restore the Cloud SDK installation to its previous state.

update

Update or install one or more Cloud SDK components or packages.

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