What are the steps to install kubectx on ubuntu?

Kubectx is an open-source tool which helps in managing Kubernetes clusters. It enables users to quickly switch between different Kubernetes contexts. Kubectx is available for different operating system platforms, including Ubuntu. In this article, we will be discussing how to install kubectx on a Ubuntu system.

The first step towards installing kubectx on Ubuntu is to ensure that you have the prerequisite packages installed. You should have the latest version of Bash (3.2 or higher) and curl (7.37 or higher). You can check your version by running the following command in the terminal: bash –version and curl –version respectively.

Once you have the required packages installed, you can proceed with downloading kubectx from its official GitHub repository. To do so, run the following command: wget -qO- https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xzvf –

After extracting the archive file, you can also check for any new updates by running git pull within the extracted folder: cd ~/kubectx && git pull

In order to be able to use kubectx conveniently, it's advisable to add its commands to your profile or shell PATH environment variable so that it is available globally in the terminal session without a need of entering long commands each time you want to use them: export PATH=~/.kubectx:$PATH echo 'export PATH=~/.kubectx:$PATH' >> ~/.profile source ~/.profile

Now that kubectx is almost ready for usage on your Ubuntu system, it's time to verify that its installation was successful by running kubens -h command which will list out all of its subcommands and options with explanations about each one of them

Finally, you should be able to start using any of kubens' subcommands as per your requirements such as switching between namespaces (or contexts if using open shift) by running kubens and inspecting cluster information using descriptive flags (such as --all-namespaces flag). You can find more information regarding how to use each subcommand in detail by taking a look at their official documentation page on GitHub or simply running -h in terminal so as to view their help page with usage options and explanations concerning specific subcommands

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