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	203.3 MB	c95e0277ba3792b83709aa43d8f95486de92b0a913d2393dbfca48f28b0bab39
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.1 MB	a911104ae2b09392bfee61c79c128d5ad23e35bbfb792aadfe2a80024cece201
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.1 MB	e4ad30317c09cdc36dfc0c366034403e06d671ef5de2e6372bc01d7284b1a6a1
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.2 MB	5fe9406ca194ddfad542694be0639d5c2ab2206d2683ea3365cdd1db5c6c4600
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.1 MB	7ad3658d883c13ad93fc82fbec671ac7e3b9972c6be4efa3f9d4cc489d4a944b
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	56.7 MB	d74e5df73277cc88bb9ef0354f90085a0612892561fb3b8ae2d998990f11cdce
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	80.1 MB	3c197d1954179c83e057c7dd27b7dab1217ab0148c1ac4e85d522cefd28071f9
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-552.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	104.2 MB	760ad7e0bff162ce3399a30f404ea6116da15051dc8228a31f2dd2f155020158
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	80.0 MB	ac6a84ba5191fed2052aa4cc406976d7169a53fad7b7cbeb2d2babccf1170f3b
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-552.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	101.8 MB	28fda84eea197445d7faec1d64cce101d4591b1ee68da4a9e9448ac122eba6bc

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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