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-478.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	130.4 MB	225c3a1f9b47241467a4ad8da0f432a57bade10c8d44158920003ae698f6d195
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-478.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	51.9 MB	f4d43dd4723af0673ecc3b9cf6baa00f8e6f82ffe8667e9ce4846d828881616b
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-478.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	51.9 MB	f93fc68b3f92bc9d8a0e567a2e447ca25dc8625c041797ce43c3b762e24fd712
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-478.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.0 MB	01f647011e6f25db92c4f549b1ca02143c6e79b11a4717ff0e9f12fdb1034129
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-478.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	51.9 MB	bf8d0a8b1d2ef495f4aa71528d33e1d3a5ab648210143750d5b6a31426413647
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-478.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.7 MB	12ccfd0f8ddee8b7eff28bc1ee63e68960ec4ec9470ea8ce7c18759b6bf5f1ba
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-478.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip	70.6 MB	367a4b7f1ee3a82fbfc2134ec250b3d19b18216794b082e0ab7fabf8fbac6bd0
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-478.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	182.6 MB	bb02a114915c7b5e18ec5e73d5562ebba61780780bcc39371838cc34a7348ba3
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-478.0.0-windows-x86.zip	70.5 MB	c482e499c805e138dc79fa0dbd2157b921d753ed9e6cc8000ec53c8eae398db1
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-478.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	173.4 MB	4df73a291a15eda6f682a46368a134bfbcae69c19f8d31f007c71b245a0e2367

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.

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>.