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 148.7 MB 4fc87b9fd973829e6e8daf11aeac986f66e512b016d5c3eb8d7f79aca1c0b9e5
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 55.3 MB 9f54fd31db3231f3052586dc24c9425f1e1cce3d28232466a46c1aedbc1ead29
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 55.3 MB b3d40fde1641f577b4da4ad4a0fedb83ba37f6a670699e21d62237ccdbecaee8
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 55.4 MB 3f49071b70bc96503d1a812c9ef9ff16587d6ae8239983b1a9cca9daace13233
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 55.3 MB fd0b894d3d83a9f11419e72fa2d625ddc5298ef99342372145d9a3048cdd3a8e
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 53.9 MB 565d845d2b973f51799b69267269e69cca3a9e8ddedb7ede0193aebf50f17961
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 76.0 MB 6c40f10770812a17e4edd4d84ac2871bec1370350fc545cea6c4cb3511d5f3fe
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-522.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 99.3 MB 61f550525fa0c0ee2f4dcc912b21b44befe3e90a2376706378fb82fb8a46f759
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 75.9 MB 31e4d217cda2172ce3b874c070831efd1606fdad989c66ffbed843bf50e1a34e
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-522.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 96.9 MB 543c393ba31649e4013049c5368d87a28fda3975e21ca619b77377b3c6da51e0

  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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