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	204.3 MB	38bd4f203392354fa7cc5514ee38ea02bb808aa5f1f7e00257806abf782dde38
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	59.1 MB	4fde7da4176fdc8e88f33a2293a050afada0d72d77686cdcdedeee9e807d69b6
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	59.2 MB	189dffeda176a149f16810a3c80a18dd8c9e0dfa2ae302600ac0c4907f571ec8
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	59.3 MB	9044aee682dcec5551fc58c127d717a6428b4c56f264f3a1c0f2a055c70f44fa
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	59.2 MB	9c02c838d31c2c1d0cad449f179874a7033c771c436ce69742e4b2019aff23af
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	57.6 MB	8cb17e640b83492cb9aa99d210ab060a0eb473811a81f6430f64243598b41402
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	81.8 MB	e235213c1951cfe6bd63c625345bd99327b209ee36ceeb462c946c00f0ae53d1
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-562.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	105.9 MB	87785cd961483cc76228da84d76b11e981140c33665c5c569cfd7757b4ebdb1c
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	81.7 MB	16f4369679e3119c28328b81ae674b0055bbfadb3123c6a4bf55ca90ab7e3d31
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-562.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	103.4 MB	5b9b618b4fc563cb570f483fef147ae4378baad4c3de86dbb514792b0f3e5230

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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