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-472.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	202.1 MB	f80fea5087bc82b2c4d3aefee8112c25163f44dc47773529eb5e46b0001c8b8f
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-472.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	119.0 MB	f024989b5080f00ab711039c7595a7d9195cc873a89d4f50575afff8a3d9415d
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-472.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	117.1 MB	676af5fdb89427c91665face39c9c25ae02860453350525ef12f96bf8ce819f2
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-472.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	124.8 MB	cc9d313ed286aae4f4a28b57897bde46199122295cd44109461b2ab0ecc94d59
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-472.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	121.9 MB	bd13287a300d4e2c220a49be56008ae67147ab2b263eb61806d80016762bb583
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-472.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	123.5 MB	5ca87cb1a9fff1ccb9da488451e6bd50d2eb295db3fc6d4aa5d39d3f41d8b0ff
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-472.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip	142.9 MB	0330584cf094afe31775f15d38eb81cb642afc7432f09881aacabeff33b124e8
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-472.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	181.4 MB	4985f4be671f9f891fcf8434b632cb372fbb4fd14b6029780f79911bb03abccf
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-472.0.0-windows-x86.zip	137.5 MB	5f92238a4ccf74cdeeea4d9bc7fcf343e45d987ddf1de1530627f86069e14cb1
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-472.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	172.6 MB	588988282969095c85f20c1cde62467023c629f96d5fef1d8d78aabe04cbfe22

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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