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 150.4 MB 1bd66d2f4bf45ebfcfdc98b109c262ad022af9d8ce9ebad8afa06faa48620e0e
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 57.0 MB 6882d3255f5cd78b2016665a9f251b94e75106432ff677d288e99e78470a1950
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 57.0 MB 68639e9fb28f5922a96a4137ef66dbd987714a51bbf8d985c36c4d69af85f331
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 57.1 MB e41964cb245ce447fce64ddc786cc40fbde29cfab5099a219f496398331b2e5d
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 57.0 MB 9dcdd86a06c84c83043418224bf73ac2e63f2a89386ec32b9192707fd518a3c0
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.6 MB f31859a49ea8f40947cd588f10f4d8615a0c0cadaff4dcc69cbc1834788ba8b0
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 78.4 MB 7df70af88a5a071a04ed7bcd8b35912f8ebdc596d0d88da14ab6df4c23adc6c0
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-541.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 101.8 MB 3bdda04b6131fc69f8a2b9fea8cf619459a5a3a18a38c1e9f4d041b762d707b2
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 78.3 MB a67117728c6fdd366909a9a3c8ee4d5cea5b2a7800fb37bf7562376f4b6b0f5e
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-541.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 99.4 MB acb06be4b18087fd2d29ae330fe799d61524ce3b5bc47c9e2f3430fa022a5bb5

  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>.