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	148.7 MB	673ed1360a0b02e6f47cd1089db0c32a9132ef66a81ed755b873848fa7e39833
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	55.4 MB	74fd46a1e5ac5e02b9a5c39f9b210a156efde742ae97bdd6808abe6d57081504
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	55.4 MB	84b90e2202168fec9adf90fb6e42fa9ea4b1116bf7cd228cd4a5d0833881d712
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	55.5 MB	ddf294b7190954803179a5e492a068b50384a4387ddb4f47acd2bc81e0bbf04d
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	55.4 MB	f2379ac779114ea2136968b81413fb0ab54715bae1066724fc532631ba1f86ae
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	54.0 MB	ceb841f12c7ed3f4fb22604d22d2be6d7547c09acec9139d8c16af5dbd7cbdd6
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	75.6 MB	86eb014934ea4d44902a23e1864a44876d0a7c5a3bef05afc479cb19268fc06c
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-512.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	99.0 MB	596084d94597dbc5f946e5a4bcfe592bde3493427848b01142524618117dd411
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	75.6 MB	e5285bdb5e60d0c4511396b8a61dfa9411070330247d1403c3ca5acaa2d588df
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-512.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	96.6 MB	6011e7eb4ac8c94e482306d736fd42fe6f25eb05a12e84ad16e0f4c8af0268ee

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>.