How To Install kubectx on Debian 10

Learn how to install kubectx on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kubectx is Fast way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kubectx on Debian 10.

What is kubectx

kubectx is:

This package provides kubectx and kubens tools. kubectx is an utility to manage and switch between kubectl contexts. kubens is an utility to switch between Kubernetes namespaces.

There are three methods to install kubectx on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kubectx Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kubectx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kubectx

Install kubectx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kubectx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kubectx

Install kubectx Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kubectx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kubectx

How To Uninstall kubectx on Debian 10

To uninstall only the kubectx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kubectx

Uninstall kubectx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kubectx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kubectx

Remove kubectx Configurations and Data

To remove kubectx configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kubectx

Remove kubectx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kubectx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kubectx

Dependencies

kubectx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kubectx package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.