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	204.0 MB	6f89fe98d2760320c0647d386bed79fbb34c4b8a9038a9929d4d820656ff3860
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.9 MB	55d76e7fcae9537537f668b2123ab0b895ab9d02600af799f6fd441a65df21a4
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.9 MB	8ef48381a34b8451c0c15f9006acdd204323a9e51c0601f61ddb1d17a440705e
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	59.0 MB	46d255163f034666940549aace9452d300fce11ca41b6c8a953d50af4301f5fb
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.9 MB	7aec01fcba56ae6d0590ac0ee135401a2f679136d4e11cc6137415e69aa7536a
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	57.4 MB	5ed0af6595b3756b077fd479b1de0e27c3ce147fcd6f299166da42b02908f980
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	81.3 MB	ca40798ee67900f59b90e743d134a680a1247972c1d0e7948155ce0a1609a869
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-560.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	105.4 MB	ae614305f8168fde3d4fdc437035729d861fe42d98ae19378dd7cf86509a843f
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	81.2 MB	c0b50543b3ca90e6a6bfc586545f38dadb90e99fae0969f72d915ad302c77170
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-560.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	102.9 MB	8fef171a7223d53c1d9fba4459836655bfd083d3a682dbca0842de1ebfc1a6dd

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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