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 149.8 MB 0475b3759058ef437012a3282748e8988959ebc04e6b7e13c469f4ab4f81b6a0
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 56.4 MB b3d812c57aabf04d8e5bebd8bda9e2ab436a03bbf274209b6f7828306f93dd0b
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 56.4 MB db70815a839af0cafb37bfbf0e6afc1a372ca828fcd21c4aa06359fb1957cdd5
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 56.5 MB 111af532f81da6638324b846c0e0ee71afba33f2870c84f0297d5efcb9f8f179
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 56.4 MB 82113328fa56385e4668de632e4386dc22705840b752492be55e8a93dc99f4cc
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.0 MB 2bfced592ce0cca527c382ff34f5fae6efeeee860dd71c523143281e782563aa
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.4 MB 8eb9db01e88e87b49d391e1eaea4acd2108d878d7ac7cbc427d350243e1a20b8
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-531.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 100.9 MB 642c289c4ea7417f8c89bf7f9e2fa87e64200bed51f6d19ed3141e68d6c413c6
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.4 MB 08f2ceff80b3e5400e9baaf739190aee9e1ed31429fa19689bb04c20d98e2785
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-531.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 98.5 MB b429dab31ca9949bd19dfb4c1acb7900a740de081f0866857a9f047f1605a3d6

  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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