Kubectl is not able to install on ubuntu 22.04 plaground VM

#1

I have selected an Ubuntu 22.04 VM from playground and tried to install the kubectl using the CLI but unfortunately I am getting error as unable to locate package.

root@ubuntu-host ~ :heavy_multiplication_x: sudo apt-get install -y kubectl
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package kubectl

However, I have updated the server but that did not help, went through the official documentation to install but no luck. Please advise on how to take it up further.

#2

kubectl would not be in the regular Ubuntu repo. You’d need to do one of these two things, both of which are documented for Linux:

  1. Install the binary
  2. Add the repo for the desired minor version of K8s (1.30, 1.31, etc.) that you want kubectl to communicate with.