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 203.2 MB 00ad1adc3ee30ead317cce7176011ce4fa984339d5c41a08eff9504301f9ee85
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 58.0 MB 19394fc05dbc4984533a2eea57ff007a8c8dad428d0d283fec1349ffda4941a5
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 58.0 MB 8d67ea49ddddfe86ac889acd32fe709ed1af82759cdceef61debcd99ee98c1c5
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 58.1 MB f495ade56c47e0a8026d47efe32fda493f94a59cf00ea83527a386acded8b789
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 58.0 MB 5204d57d199187b19b95b977fcf1b03e962cf5a531a9aba99c4f498b9342e791
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 56.5 MB 01e3b9110fef34ea29bca9e11f24137df0ae9240ebc119ce089680147283bb0a
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 79.9 MB 754b89fbf19203ed47cb4c17457ac96d9fd47f6b66521162f57cc43e02d434b1
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-550.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 104.1 MB 0e32286a744ca8b777353ced6b52afbfe5e4c8a8b42a315bc5b59f777208b3d9
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 79.9 MB f68c2e386c12e473e9c7aed316c6ffd05d63b74d63708b248887fc62ae6fa2fd
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-550.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 101.6 MB 626792b120c149e7569e638f4b823586a7091017364b06bcd914f35125bff406

  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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