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 202.9 MB 71a81b5391dbc0418ac767a8522d8eab92780d708cb1c2740160d137fbeb760a
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 57.7 MB 001c4adc88fe796a0c0a0db9771949947528c5066bc5c9f6b7240b5ef59ee0f3
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 57.8 MB 921b840acfbbb9cace1d696175aded8a891149ccfbab48e5aea11613bc4a31fc
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 57.9 MB 6a838eacf37a2505c4d90fb74bd97abdb488b0a85321c3d886e4bd9851a78fd8
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 57.8 MB 36e2838b7b3ec0659df7a142bb870f8612576ca6883240d657363e3391964339
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 56.3 MB eaeef651be72fb86379e1fd6c208d625c5ebaf3f87d9deb540594e456fc4ed56
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 79.5 MB 518159f0442bbf7aa3800d3a0da065084344e7f63cb092875a804ddae2c002c4
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-548.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 103.4 MB 95e795811914ad69ce43bd9a51fc009170a8f35c2deb27491be935b479551f03
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 79.5 MB b2dc18b4cd7833200ebbe96332d7b4d53736d2efecf843b7176f3a388b4941ef
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-548.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 100.9 MB e99648a34e02abc01c40ec3a5375fa3e5723161080710a08668bda7fa7ecffa9

  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>.