Installing on Linux

The installation process on Linux is identical to the macOS one. The only difference is the executable name. The following command will download the latest Minikube release, set the executable bit, and move it to the /usr/local/bin directory:

$ curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/

That's all, a single Minikube and Docker is all we need to start the local cluster. It's time to bring it to life:

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