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 205.2 MB e28ee0d0c98194d3919f8a47b2ca1ed92c46e302f84f23c5764be723fc2c4698
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 59.3 MB 13a4f15acd81de3da04fa730c9013f5d5ac47c16d835af612195c2e1b3aaaedd
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 59.4 MB f82fdf31d26e5feebcaa90fea0490759a050854833d988a9fdcc043dd4cda711
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 59.5 MB b743a4840395578c16f6bd72bb58a074d92e62b83cdd5f96b18f9848792b9039
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 59.4 MB 25e78b82d2c0f03bdbcc698c11479b73399fb768b6682fb4a74f8f7b010850b7
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 57.8 MB 2b2eac21d95ea54d02eec5c5240e8de4f9fba7db4eb4236356933f2801441d7a
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 82.1 MB 6f3e141ba21c34e658c391eadc4651b05aa9c25c9292f0cb29e48ae663f72b32
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-564.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 106.3 MB 9a827fd08c19d4950801e464b6f363aaa97cdabcefcbe45147c7d0273d2a32b4
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 82.0 MB c8c6f4e5cbf22bb64ec0a8cb84a92d18f8ed97bc16467d637748cb184b33059b
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-564.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 103.8 MB 987f282c78d9b129dfc90c50bc2bf3ebba316c1c57275c7b97e4211ac970200b

  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>.