Installing from versioned archives

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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	149.0 MB	fdb6f5931ff381a87cc4994ea6be51756ede3d86111ea850258fcf7c9af5d07d
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	55.7 MB	07e959279ec2e2e0fb78f59d0a6cf8dfa5aecccf3869292b79912724aa2995fc
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	55.7 MB	8d213a7d637076717f0139243d79876906ba66de237b9c051f0740b8db348f26
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.8 MB	dcf64999355058b378d39f8027f3807d04afcfd93ddf9a0ec4ff1f4d210b7efa
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	55.7 MB	48b64a1b9003e801cbaedb3d1a7f0d8989c1af207858ea32beea8095b26bd1e9
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	54.3 MB	12496ee8713978f94bf2e6032cc1c96dd9ae8c7fae91735c3244663673aae8cd
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	76.3 MB	828e781847eb165c98cf34a2025a351a705e41c8da5185853f6d8359e8021657
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-517.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	99.6 MB	bcfa8c4e0b63cf643ccfc0ff27ed2e3a9bd4b7cdec5ad7a44736ec24086961eb
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	76.2 MB	41025fd0ceec2e8d2b9492a7bdb9a5740cf48d4f65b49453826461aeb74e1e29
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-517.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	97.2 MB	e248d6577b68aea4533004bc6634200a361a90531d808e8c0643ae4adc8e712f

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>.