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	132.3 MB	db66bb08854b56da79bc335973a74883eebeaee32cf49cc1ff257b1bfc357cb9
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	54.5 MB	67e5330f66a7f8b544047521e1502fca9b2d588a68ee3897577a673f6bc57e30
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	54.5 MB	d61bcd4de1f4afa71ea60d89f7f4bbfb3b315701722d6583a992bf3bc7c96702
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	54.6 MB	ee120bad7073c5f1f5debecf458be94fe08e9448ce11ef12977505eb4c43d5df
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	54.5 MB	730951628406773a78d52490e5c5204b0707d2f6fb841e402bd11e3f69984b37
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	53.2 MB	b59efd739add2284a5837ca9b0eb14067e32999daaf248df2a7fd841c06251b2
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	74.5 MB	02665dc0b9c76c154029e921cecd493da8023de491439c99557cf36fd4b4d954
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-504.0.1-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	99.7 MB	9e56735c49c7fc21d2035c9efdbe5f80cdf1af252d1e8c561823b115a6861867
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	74.4 MB	c5c00ecac095e60fa347b124c024496e7af3cf3d61de5a68be766ee7c997b987
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-504.0.1-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	97.2 MB	0faa86ec2dc0d76972b71bea629674b01fbb37622b5acf9b5a50719551924cf2

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>.