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	87.5 MB	35a00cfc0a87a1e048da2bf7f0a2d5a1d8aff05a92df0ab9ac537de632ad28a3
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	60.4 MB	2dd760014740b720cf02dd21f34eff964fa3ca96911775bebcbb62caa1e8e8c7
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	60.5 MB	fbb674aa64eae23f065d9261b514fa957246d58e3af03a653496834bc6bd553e
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	60.6 MB	5de7cc1cd271ec4f39d9befab91033bf9a05f39d256e4ca3a7d935cd031bb388
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	60.5 MB	866ef6399ef0c1f0bea777f6baf8006606eeeb92edcfd61bb7659127bbf712c9
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	59.0 MB	45b1c5663b5e699520962874865340e99b1ec3d751bc157107b953a779419b40
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	83.4 MB	3623e33daafad832f395c18ce3aa4a080352e58cf3535c379dff268df0be9c3e
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-569.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	108.3 MB	3ed620f0755527fb90370a450066ba2e4f68e6c708a43028d252d3e80090ad88
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	83.4 MB	b96a9d0705640accf8000b0361b0b139beb880fc918a19832cd247b4e153392d
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-569.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	105.7 MB	62a4356baf4e23205cc36417680b4363df0b651399ad97e66246eb8ed581fe65

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>.

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