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 148.4 MB 775b09c367ceadf89d1cc82178fb669ac7b79d96c8e2f150a94e74aadbec2cce
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 55.1 MB 998319ac3bcb255782037db3aaabaad02d8194ae88bdf48048f82cbf66a4ca71
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 55.1 MB 9433d3a294ac2054b2dcda609d6680d2d49e5e25d1edad082c66165a5fbb7ef0
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 55.2 MB 6ea8245b93e1d74f6de39bc83ffc282f4461154c40baacde2b1777a9375966cf
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 55.1 MB 00eaf8fa4a31344d7898991a9e9c32a8b048d613e799f4d88f57f65d571cc72b
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 53.7 MB 652487aefb65faff8762133639fee518b9466744c6fbb260c59448efa61b1ca2
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 75.6 MB 69ca0179a72f47053ab49f2f1a0f9d2f2233e28bc236a76f0db0872b5e2fdd60
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-518.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 99.0 MB b991d96b505b1ad34a804e7dad335d6fbef24d7351624638b321dbbb73c9d24a
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 75.6 MB f8b8970a42e77433d6cdd55c443c185ffbc78b139d685712bd2df98aa61a9472
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-518.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 96.6 MB 8c0466a6d8f6d2d4900f71a4e764dc51ab9fc64b3d8742af7c5f5ecf8ffa8085

  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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