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	88.6 MB	701b255dceb20d360d95ac066db1edede63b708cd309c575fb91a82de3054a8e
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	61.4 MB	d0e3c244f67f5b276b2ad17c8443153c82f12bc8e1b7ae2423cc9e53ee397eb5
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	61.5 MB	e12e46d95197dd5ab2dac44b3c91e5538e2af62a6ea0364878fb9f28082f4f45
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	61.6 MB	34c5f6f25cccb561bb00d8a2ca78b222571f0ee622943da802cac8fd1b92eb77
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	61.5 MB	1b5f2b91b73f289979dbce012d5308ceaae473797956a0c7b1baa5edc267bf35
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	59.9 MB	eaed1856e0964b7abd84d5617c615fa89773fa7a81fc00708dab98abc420ab2c
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	84.6 MB	7ab6ac62a5aeef41f40cd517e1b397f7901f9df630ca71cf6d225614c7d7367e
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-578.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	110.9 MB	c4379e0637a0264441a17cdda64afd562930c83bd9c28d0da0c60aa2c106e0eb
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	84.6 MB	8a0c1bb95e962ea3697f4784fc49b1307a01ad61765844d46aca3b2e14cf84aa
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-578.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	108.2 MB	4edca4c6be56df1556af24478cad248e6e918204b35ad5a01fcdb5cde945b66f

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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