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 204.8 MB 6fa5433a0c023f59ea466ad983d79f57b4511166b6006956d1d82ee1358c98c7
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 57.5 MB b924213d24eaf7ba75a8568f337828fa65cf8ae71513bed3b6c2995477e2ed79
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 57.5 MB 710d5ab50cb5c599d9edd3b7841acdf9db80a1a9ebf0b91320544d80071412a4
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 57.6 MB d8b41cd083c445febfc2adc3cd45b2294ead4eeaa627c0168758ca1709816449
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 57.5 MB e9bc1ce328c5d4bbd0810ab80a3aed4d65dd55ed474bdad52583d7085779273f
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 56.0 MB 17820b421e2c4ad11e49f988062a92c49de7e86130940a1cef9b3e211f4f91f4
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 79.0 MB b073ad131b897c9d18f525a1e0ecc4b911fdf517abbe4a6bcfed893a55fffeaf
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-546.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 102.4 MB f634fef3fbfa91e1aeeba10285dce3c0bdcf4f8cd2116f42a79212da17b3efc4
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 79.0 MB 6290d49a097a2d9e59468721afa611125531752ddc356fe3edf5e655cf6afb16
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-546.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 100.1 MB e5967716f3c3dc51848c11ba386de3dffb921c4660f6da4846b56e46d0a2f7e2

  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>.