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	129.9 MB	3c85e1b1406cc87c225038124b85c0a5ee86eddba2480585d7b0097c9e56e166
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.4 MB	3d16994f0d2a4f3ac35f0c76dafa1de634211dfebc942eb81eea2cadc610bb3a
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.4 MB	64c49b987636dc83807dcf20c32f4168f54933178d9691ad4d66430c815d5fbb
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.5 MB	2ac4327293050dd946e41cb1af3abb0a701491b3568d11dfa2c03cd2ae5e0964
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.5 MB	e9cb53b3a477406f19b0aaf81e15aff71dbbe140463300ebd3bf237159105075
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	51.2 MB	5af16ff91c731b9f740408b3b727eeaa33ce8b58ce2238118eb754c7cb84c786
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	71.4 MB	88b57df18cbd7968d740776d1a5b03b93ef636af357b1865919475e9f5e589ef
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-484.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	109.9 MB	a217935846ce081d26f494171a365037069304cb534e61aed5ef0c0649a1bd09
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	71.4 MB	1b74341f1620900c57d3d7ab1604d387e7897d02590aa1b482a955a014031bda
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-484.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	106.4 MB	97d92fcf074ccd68d48eaf24a617e06cae40781cc661f986e4990b3571bbb55c

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>.