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 150.5 MB 31000673c1f9e18ec7b38823748031c58949cb0479d36ede999ae8cad6097ae3
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 57.1 MB a1c1a88274e8bf11561771b9373b566cbb044f1cb3884e454625ec9449ea33f2
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 57.1 MB 32ff2bea65cd5c79aa86b948219c1e861a0434cc99011f4d977c4a9810e595de
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 57.2 MB b24a11aa4f1816bff3122b3560c909c1eb7109bf8979821251d8bc5679582f10
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 57.1 MB b4d2b8b63593ad226cf1c4da0667ffa4a9cb923bd41ec269e67891491aeb126a
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.7 MB 6e66bdc92029fd3a3856e6a9bc03f2799079184ff3fe436c7ade1ef1a8f03452
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 78.5 MB 11d2dc9ec51c83370884bdb4b1a6cdf1955c0435e1ea1ee98062077eb2d9ec40
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-543.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 102.0 MB b2c75454f4ad1ceb4b95dce1637a22be835dca0167285ebdc2f85aaf96dc693a
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 78.4 MB 044727ef05e7ae24e382b369984b28f59f09e9e04e989b9f45df68e2e9d5585c
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-543.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 99.6 MB 91e699272c1aabd9109acd62a51f3b4c7c45ef0869bbeb6f5f00ac226c10ffbe

  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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