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 149.9 MB bd84779b7cc2eb353213e70c926e85d908f956e0cbb7cf2ced67d130f6dfe9a1
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 56.5 MB b2657d5cbb819ac94c9a0465a8e3e99c433ac004cea23d189a264048653ad45e
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 56.5 MB c7ef2ec44da3f0aa38e06de072eddbaa368ee947c3fdb66aa2aca7b126c62e88
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 56.6 MB 547c278754fab51a46615f853fa1909d37773b2fa177387a92541fc14e96a87e
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 56.5 MB 849634e8c95a1507862431c4773cd5312080fd0fa601c00699f2476a4437dfea
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.1 MB 7fa38469c7ac8c5b1c9cad40f9fb7adbcd85dab689d32df16785879476ddb6af
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.6 MB 2b845102bfc76bd7fc5e8e3670054c37a7d975333f006c3ce84c53e8b3e1ebbd
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-534.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 101.1 MB a7d6906c7503f55fceb4e8d468b472900511849be0be9a82dd4eb91f1025ac05
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.6 MB 8d33dfb6ac393043b64dbdca1d7f4d3d989354c96389a111d8386beb92f66297
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-534.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 98.7 MB 5be1e53573abd930393385124c6918670c4afaeb82282ea0e2fe67c932d25bf6

  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>.