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-476.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	130.3 MB	1be0e85ef51a8aa448ca90b29bd0f09a5296980fe82e623f2b1703481b4cf572
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-476.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	51.8 MB	5fd30be06de530f2a5faff4c38ba1f2fa6ecc757a6de62b7f886451f8c62cdef
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-476.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	51.8 MB	cd7714776177841a20f44650528c51af77d6668db5816c8f83d8f739a833df3d
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-476.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	51.9 MB	71bae45dc41e14394ddf34b6edf7ef098fd9d4e508d0a1d1b695a843c0cb208d
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-476.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	51.9 MB	cce9971f3a073e17e94e6d596bb7343b543761890897d99602c45a132c0311a0
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-476.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.6 MB	3a34c9c94c1ce2f69be1dbd8ef624947190526b0ab150866c2eaa0bf8e6fce6f
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-476.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip	70.5 MB	185433dfa4e952be99096a9453c304f02bc2f9c622ecb3ba02d2288085445d7c
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-476.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	182.5 MB	47dd831dc6dbb068bd25676f7036406802480452587aff6c703de07449722493
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-476.0.0-windows-x86.zip	70.4 MB	dbde12ef011940469d7f8312c91b7cf9f9328a7f41f13d4dc3129f234bb0c1df
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-476.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	173.3 MB	8fc393f4bca61900144f0f7a8cb837acf0115416bbbb75e3ad81b524b5e78b25

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>.