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	88.1 MB	36dce53d9d7382500991dffe4e00670d189aecf8ec99eef2a7b9503bad8e0fb3
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	61.0 MB	94ec5672ddb3f6e7d26ef4128bc6643b817b4960875106cdfc65cc2e879a5e71
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	61.0 MB	cf6a654420961f4d1f65e9dea55d8be950d12fd813a01a4bb7be6848e1d27fa6
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	61.1 MB	81caf949052409ab5ef66c644c494a3e96d4c07b313e1cd3c9bc7fcf76e69053
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	61.0 MB	acc178481ddb42217c9299bf27b0f80a9c6d88bea349d9e7209f1e8a750dfd38
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	59.5 MB	b6584f0a853c86f008f4762c29011b1c9d35da1a876b9b67b9d681c863a84dcb
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	84.2 MB	31eeddde19df17f1adf0cee65aa56af92c84542c8e537d4a3c2f32f6345389e7
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-574.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	109.5 MB	c485ba5191b386dfdfbfad54be0af1a191d223a62ab7884a11724654ba9742dc
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	84.1 MB	32f97193b538c8e745574301634812077c4942b89f2d4090c3f654c720b27933
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-574.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	106.9 MB	67fbc810361ec19cb631bab4bf463cfcbf73b184185080100c0ffd6acbf43f9b

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.

   Note: If you answered n when the installer prompted asking to modify your profile to update your PATH and enable command completion, you can still set up your profile to do so (to ensure the gcloud CLI works correctly) by doing the following:

   • Bash shell
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/path.bash.inc in your profile to add the gcloud CLI tools to your PATH.
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/completion.bash.inc in your profile to enable command completion for the gcloud CLI.
   • Zsh shell
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/path.zsh.inc in your profile to add the gcloud CLI command line tools to your PATH.
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/completion.zsh.inc in your profile to enable command completion for the gcloud CLI.
   • Fish shell
   • Source /path/to/gcloud/path.fish.inc in your profile to add the gcloud CLI command line tools to your PATH.

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>.

Try it for yourself

If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.

Get started for free