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 150.7 MB a96430c9ff950ebd28701215538b05670d3b9ecd7d473d55ad74a848d8f90c33
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 57.2 MB 7934adc9216d819308b6d2b0d6f1ea9c056d87588dbaef4ec8d2ca2ebd6a0a2e
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 57.3 MB 85e8638d51effa2742e1e152e16c0b17c0c4d0e8f17c62515fc41106e22ef31e
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 57.3 MB 2d9b6a06c50a6e80d6d3b2e93eae5be76a7fdfe28fbde98f746f71351bbb2e21
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 57.3 MB e76ff826a48701f3415b929ab34722c0e28fe847930aef7cae48a60cd7488cf4
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.8 MB 6eaef5168ee2f78fd1f8e3bda511cd32b09920097b8a8d1c3cc2975dcdeb1042
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 78.8 MB d470a6f4334e1730a7709c0c5563c0bc13a8fa34167cb17cc1c8c7329ddb6afd
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-545.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 102.2 MB 36efe8bd7ca319a0f4d33693c6f642834e9c3543f495e2fe6c1ff13409298064
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 78.7 MB 379c7eadad681bde245e76719d1f17f32c8b2e9f09805ad42170ce9d06ecb1d6
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-545.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 99.8 MB 5875943aa5b39c9a109eeab00a29a1a35426b672a22e67d53347fbd7e33458e3

  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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