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	93.8 MB	b0dc27650a82e50321aa7c9d068cdc01443aa348f15489af9e5dec0a94623ae6
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	89.9 MB	c9e8618c9257b3289deb7cb5483479230d5d96230bd68a80fce17f592d0d3012
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	54.2 MB	b9a98b7ce9bc744c7bc955d8e42e2e862747d75d43b58d3b6a0bb16ed39b2da9
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	54.3 MB	f6a222b32bac56fca8d787098a01c8e92cd0de52dd8c144ee74ca0c246c65b56
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	54.2 MB	71a0aab59d239e08f3a4ea69ef33b4eecbd21f79ed5567e3fd4745f81ec8e003
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.7 MB	e2a62c407607f789770071ac356a34576965571e3bf2451fe7876b56feae60b6
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	78.8 MB	1a2891fe481b8e2f9c54db8e5aacfcd6b6d589688ecef0ca5d988631fa0ebcf0
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-590.0.1-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	104.4 MB	38dad2c60c8507a2042e419ac9293e66b9f96156226c6cda92dcb1c4e8c65cf2
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	78.7 MB	41a17a6a4d327230ea063f87929f936e254af37cca29916b33ef7e813363d396
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-590.0.1-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	101.7 MB	2b2a012c832b412431ff4b124308cbb1d8d089970f034ce675d3cb949bcca24a

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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