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	202.8 MB	846306f6015d99365ffda5883afa6ad7e56ad88c2884bf4880d957c70dd9c69d
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	57.6 MB	72f0e69712f0851e72c8abb3989386f22969c47b9930749ae6b850724d63d451
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	57.7 MB	d26667eb55e913d0642f0f276740779e9a25fd8a15d31cea455c4873c83b0d44
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	57.8 MB	b6c48597d9b2038994533214a285579880f80f0345a5f05fe2c36b13eb233c32
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	57.7 MB	29b6606aa4c774f5677dfe6bafb25fe88a2b3129f8aea03e5633daa65606af12
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	56.2 MB	94471ccb62b6ae04138fc22f665edc1c582e102f4d83f86a5edc4b27751dd8ab
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	79.2 MB	1bca80676e3a7afad10c32951154db99cd3c48b605580d21941369061243489e
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-547.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	103.1 MB	5a931649c2f27c9f9c15f92d772779972a33f518d1543594765d1517fc57083c
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	79.2 MB	c64be8f7a0af15684901de70d5ee1c41048968ad691b58528f78d91469f69891
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-547.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	100.6 MB	da1177ff313cdd665f885e2e1288926df82f64920ce938b757d14f9ae32913f6

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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