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 87.6 MB f10d38949faa524a869ed8ed421502d1f8ab922c1061b17504480e9a39bfee56
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 60.5 MB 65cb6931a8e9c72bc37b1f66d55efb08b5f7e52c5e7f437722efae4b334e6813
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 60.6 MB 08885ce04209009c9d15b0d060d402d313dba5508dc108d235732589a1b6a264
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 60.7 MB f9859bc59ccd4e33afd4b387fdec0dedd936f0eccfbaf945f608bc0ba26feb36
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 60.6 MB 236e8aa065420888fe01152a4e1aff22cfe8e3adea8e64434421d5f390b9bdc4
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 59.0 MB 180f5688e65a99c9d3e965723113faf3bcd60ee0877acb37f0e72ed6e1327012
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 83.5 MB 166ee52464069a3ee3e17bf4427f86fe262751a0a38e7f70ff34dca5334f7553
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-571.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 108.8 MB 183b226ab164c48b27f5ce2842e329b647a7ee0c0a9ac613013f800dac48b860
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 83.5 MB 3b5407cfcadc06a21587846716bf58582cdd8462f8ed19c4a150596fde1d222f
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-571.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 106.2 MB 2a45a6c61f1fcb3ebf8ef921f730c3786c03d305af9f83d431f8b56eef1412ba

  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>.