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 203.8 MB c23b87ad08cd2dfb9b0538bc74cf945dc32af7ff3089ae1e67e485daeab10943
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 58.6 MB 6832a5ce66edb445863b807ce1cffda8b489e6adf61c8dbcf0610d9133415964
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 58.7 MB cf828195cd40c2cc991dc42c215869708b72fcece46956ab10b439875f543a14
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 58.8 MB 2ea3a172327dcc42b75248a60a45aceb38027d1064bf01ecb7230f21dea50bed
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 58.7 MB 3d999f0eccf7c933cab2e8034fba38c265f4fbe395a1b18bbebb033248a503fa
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 57.2 MB f25627e2130c606fa4cf6b3e26ace19129a36b9d6c4d72e7c0084c13d6af8d57
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 81.1 MB 2e960afabf23571d4aa6a8a3212fb5a320b5e5dfe26b98f60c649d69dc9de360
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-557.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 105.3 MB 5f3f82a49589c1a86ab9d9800eaddd6a5c72fe7cc78372f8df234b10247cc1f4
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 81.0 MB dc9932adbecfd14105281f27afade4835db2e58a8da424477ceb620a504319e9
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-557.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 102.8 MB 762209d0cfee05a38aef54dd38e8d53c1dd02006915b0b98e29f6abf0196717c

  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>.