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 88.1 MB 3727f6aba95108cffa64448cef5db8b4981d4c48d821b4482dbffbdaef344ed1
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 61.0 MB 047768995ce95f525c8e5af805f3697238438b7f48f7b3c5e0a9c3bd0d661810
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 61.1 MB 7130c90d3cdc635824c845cb6b65357890558abcfab2caab34272f13a32d24bb
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 61.2 MB 123c47e410a9b274cd8a95f243277e19a32a8153972e425b16cc442d621b46ba
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 61.1 MB 502901c8d19c21b23803b33d5cedd417dcb16b12c918f162fb37e08c4be27d92
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 59.5 MB 20c480e5a0c92128dd67a6304dc143545ab0558054de77fecd1b85d1fcbf66f3
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 84.3 MB 01b091921d8691e4e206aad7e4001296d2afbd1a6906ca3c279e341de4b25b49
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-575.0.1-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 110.6 MB d30c2d3f8af76d7d684672762d402aee8904b01691c36f60d4ecece0f942d340
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 84.3 MB 5e1da0bc6afe58137a9728129a1a6f4be35c2b1902e3f704a51a12897891ad62
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-575.0.1-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 107.9 MB 0fe5d91dbba27277f68b669fb34bdb9bb1cbfda90b18243a9e46f1d9d8f6808f

  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>.