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-468.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz 206.9 MB 787f3bbc18e746686b54a11f37dd006fda24040eaf4dff85242443e65f491560
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    google-cloud-cli-468.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz 123.8 MB ae22a16d3396bc0c4696fdeeaf22fd8b07bea66dcc96b3f63cfd9bd44ea4bde1
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    google-cloud-cli-468.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz 121.9 MB 2e437765ac89c6338666722bd5ed8a9099e24a845c4eb9af4402ea245034c683
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    google-cloud-cli-468.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 129.6 MB 62826004079c9788d0fbaa578618c99e410b81fe70444a2f18fe43def90dac80
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    google-cloud-cli-468.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz 126.7 MB 03f994985bd3e8778c9574afc95a13021a559de651b6c1f410055ef2270450e3
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    google-cloud-cli-468.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz 128.3 MB 55f73b1965ea2aeb891f3619d69d8a7e2100e95c2a5482f096f68ea5088413ab
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    google-cloud-cli-468.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip 147.8 MB e3109ac2812335367c247e251396298550a8f1c8be387b9f6aa3f6b1b9d36867
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    google-cloud-sdk-468.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 186.2 MB 67a609364508ba53c96436deb5f566be081b55de338f44ceae9a5b49cfcb38a9
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    google-cloud-cli-468.0.0-windows-x86.zip 142.4 MB eee25e73fa1455231497433917660a8eef18d754249f488be26f991dba8f8273
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    google-cloud-sdk-468.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 177.5 MB 81f6afbec029e0e9b5f8ad4ef4d2bde240f93711799cc10342971fdc8bba1212
  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>.

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