Install minikube

Linux

Note: This document shows you how to install Minikube on Linux using a static binary. For alternative Linux installation methods, see Other Ways to Install in the official Minikube GitHub repository.

You can install Minikube on Linux by downloading a static binary:

curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64 \
  && chmod +x minikube

Here’s an easy way to add the Minikube executable to your path:

sudo cp minikube /usr/local/bin && rm minikube

macOS

The easiest way to install Minikube on macOS is using Homebrew:

brew cask install minikube

You can also install it on macOS by downloading a static binary:

curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-darwin-amd64 \
  && chmod +x minikube

Here’s an easy way to add the Minikube executable to your path:

sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin

Windows

Note: To run Minikube on Windows, you first need to install VirtualBox or Hyper-V. Hyper-V can be run on three versions of Windows 10: Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Professional, and Windows 10 Education. See the official Minikube GitHub repository for additional installation information.

The easiest way to install Minikube on Windows is using Chocolatey (run as an administrator):

choco install minikube kubernetes-cli

After Minikube has finished installing, close the current CLI session and restart. Minikube should have been added to your path automatically.

Windows manual installation

To install Minikube manually on Windows, download minikube-windows-amd64, rename it to minikube.exe, and add it to your path.

Windows Installer

To install Minikube manually on windows using Windows Installer, download minikube-installer.exe and execute the installer.

Cleanup everything to start fresh

If you have previously installed minikube, and run:

minikube start

And this command returns an error:

machine does not exist

You need to wipe the configuration files:

rm -rf ~/.minikube