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 88.0 MB 73b6678401811a8a1b8d0ce29e043834308d9263ae6d9577c5aadc55621cd7d3
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 53.9 MB e1e41985e1f0461f325793ceb64b3c5d12bf0f6235cd580bfc891d836d3d1efc
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 54.0 MB 628412e03eea8d1d698b924d09ad89ad835fb322fdebb5df7541c8c3f147516c
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 54.1 MB 9cc45ce0538ec18971001f57bba3471cad97436db3c58452579d8bd1215ce64b
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 54.0 MB e05807bee530449ed42f896e724f4c1c4d656dd9f41e1bcdada60bfd80e583f2
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 52.4 MB f18a2900f901a7514345737603f9c88d049c775b6296c65475dcefe86548feb9
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.8 MB e7f9a2e94ea2b7254e2e458be73c5a7b49d52487b6f95e26919c9b00b248cd61
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-588.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 103.3 MB 9e00e3c9b042f732e29eb7ca6095fdb44bda03938013274a148b5c5f95a6ec92
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.7 MB 092442b8c1aba4c11d9f767bcad2e886938ad61bae4e29461b2ebd3cd8ce7a6e
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-588.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 100.5 MB 410525ffa2896e00fac3267267e71f911e404360d04ede16ed679b759706ee2d

  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/.

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