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 148.9 MB f173b0204812325d2e7f159deeb611baa27599b3ed3a489cb9d828e0b8638be4
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 55.5 MB 84b99229ee94525f79b24978802d8ae523bcd77a3934eb2b0afb159a72770336
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 55.5 MB d8287ad367a798d3b9977966c28fad52fe5401dc2333c63aba56072c7bde4e7b
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 55.6 MB 5d9d88f62ae3101eb9a5655758418f263c51a4e6687507f1b6ba5e942b42d960
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 55.5 MB f7e6771c20d0dd2be57d921d060a47bdc21a5a5ca6f958adb15b667e05896a68
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 54.1 MB 36bb73904c344f240a4ab3df035772f9048d6490a631d860945d079496023264
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 76.2 MB a8242ad3ec734ff68dd36d5b84a49e5a23e54f32ce4f67bb6d845934de449608
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-525.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 99.6 MB 474c6f63ed358771a0b30298870364350b7fc5b9477922ca1ff9928ea0932548
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 76.2 MB 9d5f6db776330c4d95e5063259562e641115ddc1734c67616d4dec9a298e613b
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-525.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 97.2 MB 0ad82df9114db93d6ee6fd96efe82e8c1d05bfc45e12703506542856051eba81

  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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