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 149.1 MB dbe26a0c827663fb67e73c3900876ecb489c24724aebe507bcdac25c043a1ef9
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 55.6 MB 1bb9a91117023da77a6fdf62446eb49d1ceba2dbc249c78ba9606af795bc7d80
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 55.7 MB a0603f3039cbc04fd2e35c62287ce88914d6372785693fa3fd4c91fe65eb5882
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 55.7 MB 440027e13b8531da8d07d4be1f6da499c6b403beb9cb862e71c027350e07945d
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 55.7 MB ecbfd21d2ccd255076f281f6acc1ac3be40cc1ebec87c0bee9f11eea947b5d45
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 54.2 MB 2ec17fd60de958ffabdd1ee0789aa3f143481346d8f99098921c62905e92fd90
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 76.4 MB 76d2401fc69a73b4d9b5ca5dbbb47bd7e86b4cd5ecae5335a26062558ed43e15
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-528.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 99.8 MB 4ad6290ca95576fc4a8a292d185d924c5e5b20d014d16df08a961c6d480a4589
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 76.4 MB bf2c974e48920ad0cb7ede46a6d2c27f92dfd8782e4133aa18dee2f7cec41164
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-528.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 97.4 MB 2678b84ced39d69067dc77f88585f816bdcce1cd5f73ff6bca64d3637a1d08e7

  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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