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-477.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	130.3 MB	532fb4bc9f42cfb6bddd5dacaec0dd446f08987e822f99d68fbcfa32a8899c1d
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-477.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	51.8 MB	abb7213ff4d7f7f901703611c2b97548a2fbc82a7175bdd6e0368f6381119473
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-477.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	51.8 MB	b26988146a4d491ac06342b193358440727e9bda68f06940c189da7e1916b2af
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-477.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	51.9 MB	33529114e7b8b8d262fbc0a5dfab2109d3350e8060797bad5124813416f628bd
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-477.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	51.8 MB	1f88fa00ffc8db47f257102fecc1b9f652cc393da0b01cde79b518eb21919e66
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-477.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.6 MB	66cd43667457f4843b8446922703b1938e9cc21a357f027142a6804562521cfa
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-477.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip	70.5 MB	0b202b9ae9b44ca2872990db5e0eab754bde1d38c81b6856ed446953bc5405b6
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-477.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	182.5 MB	da2c0443d4d931505cdd04ca973342159acdbd9073e3794a0c48587c6b0f19f4
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-477.0.0-windows-x86.zip	70.4 MB	5cf26f32d0a3bb4168a05c15ef56f4a0e61571ab7848bb91560431c7d54aa1b1
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-477.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	173.3 MB	8fdc5f02c60c6fdc9fc7bd86aa112df8275166c35fb4dbebf7ba82a24350dea1

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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