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 150.1 MB 35ab1f6aa6dbbc574520f7ccfbdd4fef699dcd888ad18a41aaa72f88bbd26d07
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 56.6 MB 7f65d25b8c91a8ed95eb52bb295cfdc312f9e73ce876b69b6f2c3563652753ac
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 56.7 MB a6a84fd3103ba64d0af06d29138367cf9153e966e6415fcb9ed67df2299ee0eb
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 56.7 MB 80ddaf3b4c8e7c7ce318de0790306ec5579e5d8b0a51f018e7b1d24b5fd921a3
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 56.7 MB bd995d521092e5d76b2b0716dd77245f3b2b7ac5842db4b45277a6c3983a3cc7
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.2 MB ea799b33c7f41e7938666f267f2219c18b9b1a7ebf2237c7f683fb6d4efb7dc6
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.8 MB df8086cc817b0043019dd61b09561e6a905932cfa63124cb16b6ec1c1dc61941
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-537.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 101.3 MB 52404d9ede4280a3263450848bcbf7218d55df1596dc6666ad1c62fe6d33a6d7
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.8 MB 74a138b9441dc71022a3e80ef90ff783fb97380f5e531c45192d6ef0ea294e55
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-537.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 98.9 MB d24ba09804ecef0b81cced4f2edae0af2156924a1a723982112cc6a10720f8c0

  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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