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-470.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz 207.1 MB 4e6ccbb73a1f86100230651baece6be5aad5be6d6c35a7298a8db90c07d0d69a
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    google-cloud-cli-470.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz 124.0 MB e228048a54cb412c27d541cd97480a5c39e49d6e721f25f5d82220c0257cd30a
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    google-cloud-cli-470.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz 122.1 MB a361dbe8dbf65830ee2220d7aa3d2b41e0c217fd3fe29e7d875fd16d56e70513
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    google-cloud-cli-470.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 129.8 MB da7bd1902af1a3b2a7012b41c56f921a40007932498f6d687040bba47a03841d
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    google-cloud-cli-470.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz 126.9 MB e92d9af260ef28300ed2d5c30a4871fe1cac3f44dac823a358c52b11b56dd058
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    google-cloud-cli-470.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz 128.5 MB 2186a470aa909ce95a9e05023f58f45669f655b4d865adc47f7e7029735401a5
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    google-cloud-cli-470.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip 148.1 MB 0e794d78f40631b7f2f8c94d62cf8936258c15adb9f27f3c41c1df6a32661967
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    google-cloud-sdk-470.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 186.6 MB c36bb8e7f5d72d3c1f56d8711d768842fccf0d140e14cb37cd07f9d854a77646
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    google-cloud-cli-470.0.0-windows-x86.zip 142.7 MB 4e4bc2c42d99e675b2fbc131e48f4508180f2429801e21f508b5daaf1786830f
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    google-cloud-sdk-470.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 177.8 MB 67a8aee1ba2637616500b64141bd04f2735ebc37c360adcaa9cbbbd379106329
  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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