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 149.7 MB 01d322b29107e57f13e1418c789b9c3c0e6db1eb8e182d41ab6de09e6e0ca805
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 56.3 MB 009a1ca0b114e4049cadb517a81c2a4b697d180425da1d2fdb456952d7f070b5
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 56.3 MB 1fea8bf6373c49c435ab4089aa128f981da425408b28f88b6c4a91d18b19e3a3
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 56.3 MB 0887b51c608dd495ad2061ab014a3da38478fb181ab0fbec2332d8ec3533b976
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 56.3 MB 829354216486a573db79725e204f59dbfd1e6fdabcab151bff739a6aaacd7c6b
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 54.8 MB 9525325623a4ef7e78562347099dc61330bf2159eb4748ad36570e9f283f5618
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.1 MB 9653b04cf9042c8a2875e18b052f042d35287e246b988a5e59cf16860bfe16cc
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-529.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 100.4 MB 2812805b6bacdd80f4236706f1a9d48013fa3bd84f298fa5076aab346ef7da7e
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.0 MB fc23de35972b920a059006652591b2f76be10941a88595a79d057424daaddf9a
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-529.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 98.0 MB 13de48c18c15d454cd6482c7e98b5e04460680a1659c0d96b690bded0db59de6

  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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