Install kubectl binary with curl on Linux
1. Download the latest release with the command
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
2. Download the kubectl checksum file
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl.sha256"
[!NOTE] Note: Download the same version of the binary and checksum.
3. Install kubectl
sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
4. Test to ensure the version you installed is up-to-date
kubectl version --client --output=yaml