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	148.8 MB	7a9083ab1b0df9f3a2723309a53fb10897540a942f4766c3f53b6cc2e7f184c6
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	55.4 MB	74c3d8a867ba664518079b9dda5fbdfad02f877a0a31c4961d40976009df2589
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	55.5 MB	3c80ff4ce73b16f63013ea93de788c5f6c8335bb6cc016b34f2b20d23ea4a87a
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.5 MB	cb53ff275d310eed0fe454ee71aa20865610ddb4a988e9700abb5ac6726dacae
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	55.5 MB	07517a16f5d12c6a702f13c908bf8f5af3064c43030ee44327292e192bca198d
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	54.0 MB	2d67b484a70ebaf7a986657cb7ac141ad0bc6563cf23e2a7b0369677a65b74ab
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.7 MB	9e72dcba7433b1a502faa27ddca59c93ecf19aa0d1f3a2fa34186800922efcfe
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-513.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	99.1 MB	475e6112d197c80535cea1d1cfe1fc90e76c8bf6a7e16604a16c50243e535d78
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.7 MB	e1993433db3a5b86f8c6dfd1f9634dca71bcfe1dfa39a6ba56d668f2dac794cd
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-513.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.7 MB	6b55b325312b5fc280a9f3b3e96aa80ff51669e4c3f326d4b4ccafc5a62606fd

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>.