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-475.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	130.0 MB	dd5e035fb0ce7afeede98081ae808b9cfd0d3cc94279d202599b67b29ff2c386
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-475.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	51.7 MB	45cde176a3a00b6bd98bcb9838b249a6628a010029ef9a0820ac859869fac53d
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-475.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	51.7 MB	71a08ed9e173e76ec624b710640582a365089675625fbdc9bd493a056e7b5c8f
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-475.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	51.8 MB	846a460c8bf5ad00fd4797ae97f49d18f4ce389f1c26855bde6681d669753c7f
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-475.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	51.7 MB	1d9a06a8af978a3cb10ab3e5b6cb2c6740d36045965c7693e56f9d1cf5de7a1f
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-475.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.5 MB	41cfb6a47b7eeadb1c5bb39a22167ec68a494521596fccde0206a5d618bba37d
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-475.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip	70.3 MB	b10b088dd4879adc12e7e181aa077a9784d2e25a8805ac63c431da7026995c1a
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-475.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	182.0 MB	0f90c74bbb026835337c83cde3f2650e188f5e570d52227c956e001923ceedf2
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-475.0.0-windows-x86.zip	70.3 MB	19d6b6633cfb5f8e5450fa8d4d6a19f031960ee88f562a82360ad1c6235b8314
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-475.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	173.2 MB	6481950f4a7f90752367ecdcc8aac754e3c205150710861a8ba672517d9cc4cc

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>.