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 148.4 MB f809fa3124e1cbc558d9a5c5345d66393e5a3de3df3e08b1632e0c2e1b7eef7a
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 55.1 MB 465a2fe140bb0f8ac825e080acf41a53cd2de9ffc3f82559cbaa3502c4857e02
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 55.1 MB f105859ae3a963aeb6f7f6fe8925b9942b193406522eb30815b411197265f79d
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 55.2 MB 8c6ce3da12819600f7f6fccef79e6ddd5b07c5d8524f77e908bf1dac7b8a4db7
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 55.1 MB d8ddcb508a1bfa490fcc9b190d89e07e51171544aa60fb0302516f26843f9955
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 53.7 MB 395d23b82287e2488096e578c88ed6fefc5ff0ce32196a5acbae59785c4dea14
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 75.7 MB b88b32979defcd078688418165f937bf0f4afcf6de965237ef226e57bfa84de1
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-519.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 99.0 MB 1853adc35fdd095c6c73e9fcdde10f992ec9c65b39a3bba5e25d2a695bdc6c5c
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 75.6 MB 5c9f79624a16e808aaa21f83f75f1d21394901242156fe22d51bf4489af636b6
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-519.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 96.6 MB 41b89dba5926fa292767fa09d755ec28f90b5954adfc474f2aba3335b0ad64a4

  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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