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 149.9 MB 30cf75811fd60752cecf01a6e51b3b660d55194f4a585d48dbf4faeb2302898e
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 56.5 MB 0e0e017961f0c9bb1bce80b5b2b92e64df1b78eb5380868a7153a45f429e0e7c
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 56.5 MB d8f06879fe5fead20fd9ef498300f0e8f3069e25c40fe732e268a656cc1adc5e
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 56.6 MB e4b34d0a089f0afb13fab79b7a02b7c8b4e4018dad0b6e02752dd250fa946b9c
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 56.5 MB f2b1d74fe8a4997f9e699f349282f69a23f11e9e37eb9d48e9d164f7a08ecd1d
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.0 MB 4e650d333d6326516ca4b83077a28c7d2dc5aa4d4eb2448fc53bff8518a86d32
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.6 MB 6487d39f7022cf75c8985ac7b9aa5e09478b3198845a965c07eaf35e8d43a89e
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-532.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 101.0 MB 32563bc86c10d0cc8ce3ec10757843ab2f853808b811ad9884385da6548aec17
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.5 MB 6aef336548d1063f5a1b5dbfae899bcbc731c26d8cc68b6ffb02524af4522c9e
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-532.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 98.6 MB 08793e8790aaa20a91d35ac5459b2a930f811ee104d16eb010344e0c69fc550a

  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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