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 204.1 MB abfde04edc59ab30289588094802e072e264c108e6bb2c6c863022d5eda37b13
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 59.0 MB 7a3732d7f80051cd5b362d32d0deafbf0b62a5cb62c145c89eebb21058dd6123
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 59.0 MB 63e6347e1d05d5b5586399af66e9db5e594b7ed1c433cfa418f168ab63e42e8d
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 59.1 MB 8bf5bf1e5e0947884b8eb5cebbbed49a34bac75550bfb4e2b511d7a25ea503de
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 59.0 MB 8b0222f74b57fe9a6063cb8f460bf51db838d6166b2548ad4397bcafc8d472fd
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 57.5 MB 4c023dc565c28d96527aed1f6a3c64cc6d679d54c6cd92d189a41c0fb2928d47
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 81.5 MB 486ae839591a22e23d6e33a85e9d399a5323274fb8009039bc14c587a1d9090c
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-561.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 105.6 MB b6a7e5b1164d6493fdcc134bdca07580f9476b1731456e95232a5992110bc7df
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 81.4 MB cfea6aafb37e86c66e09ae8348b4c4d3f874677b0c43b2f143c52f58a83c239d
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-561.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 103.1 MB ad21f382ebd322bcc22841b788b93e33cee287b7f3eccf98463edbf0d5efa8da

  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.

  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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