Problem scenario
You want a quick, generic way to install kubectl on any type of Linux. What should you do?
Solution
Run these commands:
cd /tmp
curl -Lo kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl && chmod +x kubectl
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/Test it by running this command: kubectl version
(If you would prefer to use apt commands, because you are using a Debian/Ubuntu distribution of Linux, to install kubectl, see this posting.)