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	206.0 MB	f52ac03660684aed058898beb03506dc9387e299501b3ecba05309f0b4fb48ea
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	60.1 MB	8b40c1ca958bc46f78bbe8e5996748d5895527ad1607e36911d254248b3d6d22
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	60.1 MB	70769ef946d713aaa33d2a4024b7df02ac32857c420c0210d802e8a83289dfe7
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	60.3 MB	f3cb9a542548ef80dbfcc9cd0f0d7fba13663c9149cd28cb637d4da3f4b823b5
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	60.2 MB	4f7ec79c9d34ba36a6cd82318a2821285a659721be49251eeda9974ecf6e3af1
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	58.6 MB	fe0f6962af9c98b9f818e3b4d000970c25db69c11d3aa192dc3be06a9bcce825
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	83.0 MB	0db0d27999867ed7fd6d0c3fbc8f9f668720edf8c345a89869eba57a28dff8ab
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-565.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	107.2 MB	0cb8936144cf335c50723943223be5f76a632baff8702af5ec13b867bd8a1607
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	82.9 MB	0bd94f904aebc435a9e5fad1514369817ce779aaab49bbe17b13f9d38c06e0da
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-565.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	104.6 MB	581d1a19f62ea6d75f5f24e8cd59fce0ebfd4bf93e7fbdf80d4726109b7b563d

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> .

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