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	203.4 MB	4224d63061ffcfa53579a0192bf55cf876c983e9c28019e0becef724cf298103
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.3 MB	96890978d473b34c13f2ed9cd25c51f88777a0c204d72fb949398277068a2cff
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.3 MB	1e446279412dab74f5776fd9255f4d1ac2de5a090152c7892075e8244cfeb360
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.4 MB	292171467912aa1e1ee98b71fe401d15e294991c04bbb47443360c42ea576a90
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.3 MB	0c43cf4b93fdada3aa5d2104495335170b0e828036f9d8ab9fc28c4e1a030219
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	56.8 MB	aacf70cbb8f51f2886ae6e40f7355dae388758f3acd773a238cfd87717d62fb2
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	80.5 MB	113b2777898b01fe905d6a61436dca71362e962c3dfcda7a9f98f4e491f192d4
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-554.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	104.7 MB	506436d74265cd963083c52bb44879b946f98f4c86e08b094357a2fdc5dfbf11
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	80.4 MB	54a930c3a13a844bd7e8c9b01b58370427993d205e5e55eb08d9dfee4b14e62d
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-554.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	102.2 MB	e722d5676516f76d3f3951b86b13786f3836f2f378a266c9958a027c5fbe8cfe

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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