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 150.0 MB 9de0c800d8be6a33571792bfb5db7309568f870d30f304a49501c55c5ddfade7
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 56.6 MB 366cea9bd37227d180f54db2c29b0fac2da7d082663f81306ba186a781d73e13
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 56.6 MB 06a8166db059751ced7eab8b00a504be4c5108fce9588e7802bf2c20b4af6d23
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 56.7 MB 5028226ef8db8fd380ee26f6ec9986b56ae78bf7a7ae2ede0b57755794e8ae32
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 56.6 MB c6e88b0bc7117cfd2570dbb69b12206a4bf71478a6346eeb2ddc642cb32ad42e
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.2 MB 90456f4ed6e9d47717e82720a3dd5efdbd63a5f8af4803325a2359b455f0c2fa
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.7 MB 450208eea355c9704cfc1ca362d4971fdc9853b752becc4da245fbaa1a74af11
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-536.0.1-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 101.2 MB de7315252184504a1721ba7c5ba3e4558ed0238ecc39da33580e8546aa3ccdc6
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.7 MB 3713a1299135f64efea9fe8c32d09db2e35e2233f29459a4a7b60a53f1d1d241
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-536.0.1-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 98.8 MB d7a49bbbd7c5c70d80b73d87531b5abae6ca776a60e1eef1c47370e1e49df8a6

  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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