If you are on Linux and using [Homebrew](https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux)
package manager, kubectl is available for [installation](https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux#install).

```shell
brew install kubectl
kubectl version --client
```

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{{< /tabs >}}

## Verify kubectl configuration

{{< include "included/verify-kubectl.md" >}}

## Optional kubectl configurations and plugins

### Enable shell autocompletion

kubectl provides autocompletion support for Bash, Zsh, Fish, and PowerShell,
which can save you a lot of typing.

Below are the procedures to set up autocompletion for Bash, Fish, and Zsh.

{{< tabs name="kubectl_autocompletion" >}}
{{< tab name="Bash" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-bash-linux.md" />}}
{{< tab name="Fish" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-fish.md" />}}
{{< tab name="Zsh" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-zsh.md" />}}
{{< /tabs >}}

### Configure kuberc

See [kuberc](/docs/reference/kubectl/kuberc) for more information.

### Install `kubectl convert` plugin

{{< include "included/kubectl-convert-overview.md" >}}

1. Download the latest release with the command:

   {{< tabs name="download_convert_binary_linux" >}}
   {{< tab name="x86-64" codelang="bash" >}}
   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl-convert"
   {{< /tab >}}
   {{< tab name="ARM64" codelang="bash" >}}
   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl-convert"
   {{< /tab >}}
   {{< /tabs >}}

1. Validate the binary (optional)

   Download the kubectl-convert checksum file:

   {{< tabs name="download_convert_checksum_linux" >}}
   {{< tab name="x86-64" codelang="bash" >}}
   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl-convert.sha256"
   {{< /tab >}}
   {{< tab name="ARM64" codelang="bash" >}}
   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl-convert.sha256"
   {{< /tab >}}
   {{< /tabs >}}

   Validate the kubectl-convert binary against the checksum file:

   ```bash
   echo "$(cat kubectl-convert.sha256) kubectl-convert" | sha256sum --check
   ```

   If valid, the output is:

   ```console
   kubectl-convert: OK
   ```

   If the check fails, `sha256` exits with nonzero status and prints output similar to:

   ```console
   kubectl-convert: FAILED
   sha256sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match
   ```

   {{< note >}}
   Download the same version of the binary and checksum.
   {{< /note >}}

1. Install kubectl-convert

   ```bash
   sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl-convert /usr/local/bin/kubectl-convert
   ```

1. Verify plugin is successfully installed

   ```shell
   kubectl convert --help
   ```

   If you do not see an error, it means the plugin is successfully installed.

1. After installing the plugin, clean up the installation files:

   ```bash
   rm kubectl-convert kubectl-convert.sha256
   ```

## {{% heading "whatsnext" %}}

{{< include "included/kubectl-whats-next.md" >}}