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 131.3 MB 4fb56340c88901489d52f0d4895dce25c5ed39b7e63743bc8c4cf1af6c4da367
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 53.5 MB d669f9974c82182afbf769ef07ce3feca933c3145999457c717adfff275e5bcc
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 53.5 MB 9832e1a3891bed93d9ea6f1dae4ca5ee592ac2305decd47de649f3338ab86640
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 53.6 MB 9525b9e7affb5447fdd22c8b7fc5e14f486793a835b07eeabe9311f66e939207
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 53.5 MB 388e0289be5e2ca4ec2aeab3172fe28891080a11db9907a9502bd2a01c4896dd
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 52.2 MB 56faf55a2882d85f4f3b7e27110a9bba258084df22a80bf5276706ed998a6505
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 73.2 MB 148d33e4a4887ffaa1022159025e6e2dc0ed2a76dfe3aebd8047ad0ad8f98af3
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-495.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 97.4 MB 38da894227ce7b7c26dae8268d7709499e642737b7fb222a4cf010d01cc6a430
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 73.2 MB fb604260b85138cbeacf22457581b3c830fb96748368fd6b5699781b1bdb05b7
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-495.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 95.0 MB f60ce75b7e694a34b9335488c3c9543908b0292e2f52154f4a9af8510285b496

  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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