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 203.0 MB 8a26504b012f9b92b94d149007ed55822d5f866425cd3838dbe85f46c102458c
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 57.9 MB 019c831d690e3670843176b9acbe7bfa6cd9514a6de72510e84de9aecb768d9f
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 57.9 MB 55a68d549e95b9b5eda2c097cbee7e22828b2181bcba9d41692d47ac136b016e
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 58.0 MB ad200e25f088c5e10bcfe36d29169becb0fb5af5f920b03d64959173b5de07dd
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 57.9 MB 0201e3ef794da5c5e1f9dc84c5525f56147e4c273895df649b443c085794221d
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 56.4 MB 97842affe829f306731022a90607929acbfc66f7d9318676c2076fcd665d190b
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 79.8 MB 6aacb2d3cf8e02a6edcac5aeb7abf85cea5fed64cd5ee68ee7e6757f36a31a49
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-549.0.1-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 103.9 MB c714300001336a2baa3ec42bb6e63376df021149f23c03a9b0426cb923a76340
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 79.7 MB 2801a9b565f32e6de7541973e4bce6567db64a7f67a6726956d42e143798e15e
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-549.0.1-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 101.5 MB d9e6771fd7c95f46bae12ad1fa32982e755f8a2f03dae114f3a715d759513f66

  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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