-bash: minikube: command not found

Question

I'm trying to follow Install Minikube and even though there are no errors during install, I still unable to run it:

$ brew install minikube
Updating Homebrew...
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/minikube-1.5.2.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/alexus/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/a466d3b5c7208788bb6a82fa4de4576440dbfa3b7b5b1d4ddb48cb9a3d44f1e9--minikube-1.5.2.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring minikube-1.5.2.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
==> minikube cask is installed, skipping link.
==> Caveats
Bash completion has been installed to:
  /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d

zsh completions have been installed to:
  /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.5.2: 8 files, 51.5MB
$ minikube
-bash: minikube: command not found
$

Please advise.

$ sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin
Password:
mv: rename minikube to /usr/local/bin/minikube: No such file or directory
$

minikube version:

$ /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.5.2/bin/minikube version
minikube version: v1.5.2
commit: 792dbf92a1de583fcee76f8791cff12e0c9440ad
$

Sathishkumar Rakkiyasamy · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-19T19:53:05.300

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Try using

brew link minikube

which solved the issue for me. After installing minikube using Homebrew (brew install minikube) we need to run the above command which will create symlinks for us. Then the minikube command works fine.

edited Mar 19 '20 at 19:53

answered Jan 21 '20 at 09:38

Sathishkumar Rakkiyasamy

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`brew link minikube Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.14.2` ... `minikube version`: `minikube version: v1.14.2 commit: 2c82918e2347188e21c4e44c8056fc80408bce10` ... `minicube start` : `-bash: minicube: command not found` - any suggestions? – mplungjan Nov 01 '20 at 07:33

Wesley Rolnick · Answer 2 · 2019-11-15T18:59:30.857

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This looks like an issue with your path:

Restart the terminal.
Did you add minikube to the path per the documentation?

Here’s an easy way to add the Minikube executable to your path: sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin

Verify the path with which minikube.

Edited to address new info in questions:

This is still a path issue. It appears that your install went to /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.5.2 not /usr/local/bin/minikube. The different aliases are looking for the latter directory which is why this is not working for you. You should move the directory as per the documentation so that the scripts with the various shortcuts can find the proper link.

edited Nov 15 '19 at 18:59

answered Nov 15 '19 at 18:24

Wesley Rolnick

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I updated my question with that step, I believe that step applies for `stand-alone binary` only and not for brew package. – alexus Nov 15 '19 at 18:50
Restarting the terminal sufficed for me. – Paul Aug 07 '23 at 20:31

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 15 '19 at 18:56

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my way of solving this:

$ cd /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/
$ sudo ln -s 1.5.2 current
Password:
$ cd /usr/local/bin/
$ ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/current/bin/minikube 
$ 
$ minikube version
minikube version: v1.5.2
commit: 792dbf92a1de583fcee76f8791cff12e0c9440ad
$

answered Nov 15 '19 at 18:56

alexus

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I get `minikube version: v1.14.2` but ALSO STILL get `minicube start` ... `-bash: minicube: command not found` – mplungjan Nov 01 '20 at 07:30

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 05 '23 at 17:10

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This helped me on ubuntu:

sudo ln /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar/minikube/1.28.0/bin/minikube /usr/local/bin

To discover if your path to minikube differs, use:

$ brew link minikube

answered Jan 05 '23 at 17:10

Kostyantyn

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