<h2 id="heading-ubuntu">Ubuntu</h2>
Install some prerequisite packages
<pre><code class="lang-bash">sudo apt update
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">sudo apt install build-essential procps curl file git
</code></pre>
Install Homebrew using the provided convenience script
<pre><code class="lang-bash">/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
</code></pre>
Add Homebrew in our system PATH using the below commands
<pre><code class="lang-bash">(echo; echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"') &gt;&gt; /home/ubuntu/.profile
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
</code></pre>
Verify the version and install the recommended gcc package
<pre><code class="lang-bash">brew --version
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">brew install gcc
</code></pre>
Turn off Homebrew anonymous aggregate user behavior analytics
<pre><code class="lang-bash">brew analytics off
</code></pre>
Install kubectl and verify its version
<pre><code class="lang-bash">brew install kubectl
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">kubectl version --client --short
</code></pre>
<h2 id="heading-windows">Windows</h2>
Open a Powershell terminal (version 5.1 or above) and execute the below commands to install Scoop
<pre><code class="lang-powershell">Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-powershell">irm get.scoop.sh | iex
</code></pre>
Install kubectl and verify its version
<pre><code class="lang-powershell">scoop install kubectl
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-powershell">kubectl version --client --short
</code></pre>
<h2 id="heading-reference">Reference</h2>
<a target="_blank" href="https://brew.sh/">https://brew.sh/</a>
<a target="_blank" href="https://scoop.sh/">https://scoop.sh/</a>
<a target="_blank" href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/">https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/</a>

## Ubuntu

Install some prerequisite packages

```bash
sudo apt update
```

```bash
sudo apt install build-essential procps curl file git
```

Install Homebrew using the provided convenience script

```bash
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
```

Add Homebrew in our system PATH using the below commands

```bash
(echo; echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"') >> /home/ubuntu/.profile
```

```bash
eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
```

Verify the version and install the recommended gcc package

```bash
brew --version
```

```bash
brew install gcc
```

Turn off Homebrew anonymous aggregate user behavior analytics

```bash
brew analytics off
```

Install kubectl and verify its version

```bash
brew install kubectl
```

```bash
kubectl version --client --short
```

## Windows

Open a Powershell terminal (version 5.1 or above) and execute the below commands to install Scoop

```powershell
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
```

```powershell
irm get.scoop.sh | iex
```

Install kubectl and verify its version

```powershell
scoop install kubectl
```

```powershell
kubectl version --client --short
```

## Reference

[https://brew.sh/](https://brew.sh/)

[https://scoop.sh/](https://scoop.sh/)

[https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/)

kubectl Installation - Ubuntu & Windows

In this article, we will look how we can install kubectl on Ubuntu using Homebrew and in Windows using Scoop

Table of contents

Ubuntu

Windows

Reference