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 1977ce3342f1404f3c07521641c692072b6dfd4317596a14f071903c1f3d5ed0
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 57.1 MB a2afd7085ed73fbe4c7c343b31d70c017ebc29acfe1eb8e9381cc509ffde12c0
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 57.1 MB 6b765ca0281b0f76ed02067138cc9417a3ace867bef4ab9f9db9ff7128275076
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 57.2 MB e63153559391f7d93ee92022fbc0b2e1edd37e71a3e3f0fd4fa1f21e8ff50fa8
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 57.1 MB a7bb9294c104a1ee81552841aae788c59f9546cc23792ccbf588d044ea149479
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.6 MB 89c6c3bbbb089fdeb5b6cce3b7864435c0387a015ea707ea7548a3aa2e01c48b
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 78.4 MB e44ccbac3087ca97650f68c4b0077d26fd3ce2b1e8278de0797e2e6ba20d8e6d
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-542.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 101.9 MB 251890d4008b91b0d154f1ac56c1363403eb8c1807a4c9a8dca3dc344d84a032
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 78.4 MB 89f54564d4303c9621e827b6dfffa3d8718d5468edc60b68dd86e2e7d13f6eb3
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-542.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 99.5 MB d393207f3bad7be7e552df143fdd16baac4c4e170bd8ccc36690c29e3a66c7f0

  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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