Installing kubectl on Ubuntu

Description

This article explains how to install kubectl on Ubuntu Linux.^[1]

Steps

1. To download the latest release of kubectl use the following command:

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$ curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"

2. To install kubectl run:

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$ sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

3. Verify installation:

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$ kubectl version

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