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 87.6 MB 7ac3ea292c81b6493e988a5853e3f8251dda79362c597dde4514e0f53e893389
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 60.5 MB 064d5b2d97e43f24dbfffbe8ea51690cb0f92c92ee109b031069a3685dd2407a
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 60.5 MB 6f2a37e9d38c6c4883c7c500f4a9de07db321214ba06b86a11dd14bbe4e7b4de
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 60.7 MB ded25a0d7f268627a4f985537b99c2ba01db70b80b40f443ed64d13c59aa2e75
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 60.6 MB 1be6eee8b6d1d895c6fe4995a1ba55455f32c142187ab6308043365d9a033478
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 59.0 MB 74c362c6425e7230a9711b8f46d3a4972c6c1e8ed5ccc7354a61dc12b91611fc
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 83.4 MB abb425471f92cca87a0bab07a0c3f8cad5ee314b2cdd9bc502cad3b5ea0d2ce3
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-570.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 108.7 MB 89329a134f6104fb1882bf553923d3ce0e62f9c7a016af789abd9000e6a74e63
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 83.4 MB 5945d89a2488606f125d03952ff8078a6d591cce63bdabf18d82fa1a2868323a
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-570.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 106.1 MB 18592fce67a0b8da20443c4172e5479ca11a3f02d466d8c54943620fcdcf048b

  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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