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 96.2 MB 6c2628cb37153536aab5cccbb2a8af0d16637868df8b4cfbc1de3e4705996e8c
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 61.6 MB 7ff98b84935b36948f8f0c76d1b14157b72448c442604f567231db768012b444
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 61.7 MB 63cf1e8a80dffbaea7b7194693ef9509ac3fa2c6e561424228ef9af82f5a66ce
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 61.8 MB a0b5eb7b04e6cfa213e32b8ef28dd0658f8ec530a3c66028a4e525e3893ea162
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 61.7 MB 9c7d754cec05bee56d5b1bcb27b90f002833bb3fc62e48f66f6d504036328e4c
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 60.1 MB a28536fa4fc6f3a78c02fb77229a5436f907c97559c2f2371c147875cea8730e
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 84.9 MB 37f78d7be1d2d9f2e90c407c4f4d745c177e4b8d87868684564766921b449a07
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-580.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 111.2 MB 32d0f3029ed498afeb0b52c3e436c9aa07b35d1e56e09f4b11fee9108a3982cf
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 84.8 MB 8290091ec7e0cb2c1b2cc81e3e1e75eaa0d73c213f4386fb579a538941537f1b
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-580.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 108.5 MB 2be02e51337386be7ac54d178220a6aed2e07aa043af25eefa29213291622197

  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>.