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-481.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	130.5 MB	cb74575496ee2a0e9eb6cae67349d07de50662b55ada4ff64fc32268b247882e
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-481.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz	52.0 MB	4feb0d463d9e84e525d9e6e88154352b6503a74459b144fa8eb13c116edd13b3
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-481.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz	52.1 MB	2d375ebe1baf200802df6b5a5bd3045cea896192e596a0f4fcf02c268623ae8f
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-481.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	52.1 MB	29064fe40199a9c7322dbb36e8876e7c6433ce16d55559ffaef2316b03028fd9
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-481.0.0-darwin-arm.tar.gz	52.1 MB	4a140315b3dd634f7ac066317461c1dc88ec38ae3e3d2fa3e1c21eefa7b2fefc
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-481.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz	50.8 MB	0d2dcc35d0ad2da2c837b98664872260754931adbb64ac9c94b801276045fd42
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-481.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip	70.9 MB	15ee8e0eb987e0cd92820f621c23177afd9a6860a7aa401c3eef2a28e5675cb0
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-481.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	109.4 MB	f2dd4efa6bcb361ecc83293dfdd9df7727773236aaa8e38300d806bbef23f98c
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-481.0.0-windows-x86.zip	70.8 MB	d526abb33ead2eb5c9cc4eb0ba304772b91c44b2dfe431f3dbeceec580d8629b
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-481.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	105.9 MB	e33e106a6d417f030eb943dbae9643640064544b11bd1a571624858a0018b693

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> .