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	132.4 MB	3f964929afb8802b116114453a63ef91bfe87e304370d8d96ca1a93602d4c277
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	54.6 MB	62ca4a59e09740d9dfd5bc89cd7ff7895b1925fddc7c6b0f9a355f36efd6e027
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	54.6 MB	809a5600ab2917a68506faf5291437b10f4d0d4040962edf307737fcee4241ae
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	54.7 MB	7754432976beaec18fbc3d66f907023e5a98be9cba3379d52e58b3a9d5520b03
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	54.6 MB	736d81ad09baf325b4fd6ad95be4caa8fc19fe378ce6674819ff0f23058ebd70
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	53.3 MB	6e1f750fc7f06a2f745a24296a7c0dba928cb08b35a74dda259d29bd9deee647
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	74.6 MB	d258c1495cc2aebdffb07306a240c0fbcad6f630795b20a5a5f3afb0cf6d7c0b
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-505.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	99.8 MB	9b8c41721b7d0e7f864f5438d4ee9c6017fbe4a1506d283550f7bd814ccb9277
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	74.5 MB	f3388a9a5d12b5ac790605d5cd04ccb5d2e3d66485ae06e79329786e3e6214f5
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-505.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	97.4 MB	ed9532209957f7d6ec6cd374212e0839091487fa0049907ed34b5a95216c397b

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>.