The gcloud CLI provides downloadable, versioned archives for each release.Each versioned archive contains a self-contained installation of thegcloud CLI in a directory namedgoogle-cloud-sdk that can be copiedto any location on your file system.

Best uses for installing from versioned archives

Versioned archives are designed for non-interactive installation of specificversions 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 anothergcloud CLI component and want to make sure that your scriptsdon't break as the result of a gcloud CLI update.
  • You're using the gcloud CLI as part of a CI (continuousintegration) process or production system where you want to control yourdependencies in order to ensure compatibility between parts of thesystem.
  • You're performing automated deployments of the gcloud CLI to manymachines that must be in sync.
  • You're behind a proxy or firewall that requiresadditional configuration to be able toaccess 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: Rungetconf 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), rununame -m.

2. Download the appropriate archive compatible with your version:

   Platform	Package	Size	SHA256 Checksum
   Linux 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	203.8 MB	c23b87ad08cd2dfb9b0538bc74cf945dc32af7ff3089ae1e67e485daeab10943
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	58.6 MB	6832a5ce66edb445863b807ce1cffda8b489e6adf61c8dbcf0610d9133415964
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	58.7 MB	cf828195cd40c2cc991dc42c215869708b72fcece46956ab10b439875f543a14
   macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	58.8 MB	2ea3a172327dcc42b75248a60a45aceb38027d1064bf01ecb7230f21dea50bed
   macOS 64-bit (arm64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	58.7 MB	3d999f0eccf7c933cab2e8034fba38c265f4fbe395a1b18bbebb033248a503fa
   macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	57.2 MB	f25627e2130c606fa4cf6b3e26ace19129a36b9d6c4d72e7c0084c13d6af8d57
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	81.1 MB	2e960afabf23571d4aa6a8a3212fb5a320b5e5dfe26b98f60c649d69dc9de360
   Windows 64-bit (x86_64) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-557.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip	105.3 MB	5f3f82a49589c1a86ab9d9800eaddd6a5c72fe7cc78372f8df234b10247cc1f4
   Windows 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip	81.0 MB	dc9932adbecfd14105281f27afade4835db2e58a8da424477ceb620a504319e9
   Windows 32-bit (x86) with Python bundled	google-cloud-sdk-557.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip	102.8 MB	762209d0cfee05a38aef54dd38e8d53c1dd02006915b0b98e29f6abf0196717c

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 scriptfrom the root of the folder you extracted. Running this script alsogenerates instructions to enable command completion in yourbash 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

   Runinstall.sh --help orinstall.bat --help for a list of flags youcan pass to this script, including those that can run the installationnon-interactively.

   Note: If you answeredn when the installer prompted asking to modify your profile to update yourPATH 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 yourPATH.
   • 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 yourPATH.
   • 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 yourPATH.

5. To initialize the gcloud CLI, rungcloud 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 thedownload archivein Cloud Storage. They are directly accessible throughhttps://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sdk-release/<archive_name>.