Minikube: improve documentation on brew install link

Created on 3 Nov 2019 · 27Comments · Source: kubernetes/minikube

minikube not found after brew isntall

The exact command to reproduce the issue:

brew uninstall minikube
brew install minikube
which minikube
> nothing
command -v minikube
> nothing
cd /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.5.2/bin
> ./minikube version
minikube version: v1.5.2
commit: 792dbf92a1de583fcee76f8791cff12e0c9440ad

OS

 > sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.13.6
BuildVersion:   17G8037

$PATH

/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/Users/butuzov/go/bin:/usr/local/opt/go/libexec/bin:/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:/Users/butuzov/bin:/Users/butuzov/.dotfiles/bin:/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public/

`brew --version`

Homebrew 2.1.15-107-g5da322d
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision 18e3; last commit 2019-11-03)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision 7392cc; last commit 2019-11-03)

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Source

butuzov

Most helpful comment

You may need link minikube

brew install minikube
brew link minikube

Rub21 on 5 Dec 2019

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All 27 comments

Shouldn't there be a symlink created in /usr/local/bin/minikube ?

afbjorklund on 3 Nov 2019

Seems to work OK here, but can't really test it on darwin.

$ brew install minikube
==> Installing dependencies for minikube: patchelf and kubernetes-cli
==> Installing minikube dependency: patchelf
...
==> Installing minikube dependency: kubernetes-cli
...
==> Installing minikube
==> Downloading https://linuxbrew.bintray.com/bottles/minikube-1.5.2.x86_64_linux.bottle.tar.gz
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/16/165c2597a97406b80b9e40c643bad35c789fa44ee3fe88063a8e7e56b91089ee?__gda__=exp=1572813642~hmac=6f60975339d342ac60b
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring minikube-1.5.2.x86_64_linux.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
Bash completion has been installed to:
  /home/anders/.linuxbrew/etc/bash_completion.d

zsh completions have been installed to:
  /home/anders/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions
==> Summary
🍺  /home/anders/.linuxbrew/Cellar/minikube/1.5.2: 8 files, 43.7MB

$ which minikube 
/home/anders/.linuxbrew/bin/minikube
$ minikube version
minikube version: v1.5.2
commit: 792dbf92a1de583fcee76f8791cff12e0c9440ad

afbjorklund on 3 Nov 2019

I wish it creates symlink... but no. Need to create a path workaround.

export PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.5.2//bin:${PATH}"

I will check on Mojave tomorrow.

butuzov on 3 Nov 2019

Hmm, that seems to be... less usable. Maybe try brew doctor
Or get some Homebrew support, doesn't seem like minikube ?

Installing a "formula" is supposed to create a symlink as well:
$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/minikube -> ../Cellar/minikube/1.5.2/bin/minikube

afbjorklund on 3 Nov 2019

Movaje

uninstall

> minikube version
minikube version: v1.4.0
commit: 7969c25a98a018b94ea87d949350f3271e9d64b6
> which minikube
/usr/local/bin/minikube
> command -v minikube
/usr/local/bin/minikube
 > brew cask uninstall minikube
==> Uninstalling Cask minikube
==> Unlinking Binary '/usr/local/bin/minikube'.
==> Purging files for version 1.4.0 of Cask minikube

fresh install

> brew install minikube
==> Installing dependencies for minikube: kubernetes-cli
==> Installing minikube dependency: kubernetes-cli
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/kubernetes-cli-1.16.2.mojav
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/12/12b5954c175d44077679d95d96497
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring kubernetes-cli-1.16.2.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> 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/kubernetes-cli/1.16.2: 232 files, 52.3MB
==> Installing minikube
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/minikube-1.5.2.mojave.bottl
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/4c/4cf3836df30546744ecaf0514c22b
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring minikube-1.5.2.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> 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

 > command -v minikube
/usr/local/bin/minikube
 > brew uninstall minikube
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.5.2... (8 files, 51.5MB)

second install

 > brew install minikube
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/minikube-1.5.2.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/butuzov/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/36bda39b263a90de1d96d85e36c312417a33a1eec93c55d845bd51b03cf8da4e--minikube-1.5.2.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring minikube-1.5.2.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> 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
 > command -v minikube
/usr/local/bin/minikube

There is no issue on Mojave.

P/S/
I am 100% I was watching full make process on HighSierraThrougth. Not just binary download... It pulled git, pulled submodules, made make "minikube" etc...

P/P/S/
At this point - I guess better to wait for another report from Mac 10.13.6, or close issue after some time if no such exists atm.

butuzov on 4 Nov 2019

I'll leave this open for a little while longer in case someone else comes across this issue.

sharifelgamal on 6 Nov 2019

@sharifelgamal no need for that. I have checked it on my wife's laptop (also HighSierra) - everything has gone smooth. So the issue, somehow, replicates only on my machine.

Feel free to open it it again in case if you also got in the same problem as me.

butuzov on 6 Nov 2019

still a problem on macOS 10.15.1, Homebrew 2.2.0

Sevyls on 2 Dec 2019

@Sevyls : Your symlink also missing ? Did you open a bug report with brew ?

https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting

afbjorklund on 2 Dec 2019

Your symlink also missing ?

yes it was missing, created it manually afterwards

Did you open a bug report with brew ?

no, as I found this issue instead

Sevyls on 2 Dec 2019

Did you open a bug report with brew ?

no, as I found this issue instead

Please do, this seems to be brew-specific. There is nothing special in the minikube "formula":

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/minikube.rb

afbjorklund on 2 Dec 2019

You may need link minikube

brew install minikube
brew link minikube

Rub21 on 5 Dec 2019

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==> Pouring minikube-1.5.2.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
==> minikube cask is installed, skipping link.

@Rub21 thanks, after brew link minikube everything works. but I don't really understand why a cask of a program is not automatically linked, as I don't have minikube elsewhere installed.

my issue is resolved. thanks for the support!

Sevyls on 5 Dec 2019

seems like we could add this to our documentaiton !

medyagh on 17 Dec 2019

You can't have a cask and a formula of the same thing installed since they will install the same files. If you uninstall the cask it will automatically link again. (and you only need one install anyway)

EDIT: to fix this run brew cask uninstall minikube and then either brew link minikube or brew reinstall minikube

SMillerDev on 12 Feb 2020

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I have solved this issue

brew unlink minikube && brew link minikube

Close your terminal and again open terminal

NanheKumar on 17 Mar 2020

@Rub21 thanks, after brew link minikube everything works. but I don't really understand why a cask of a program is not automatically linked, as I don't have minikube elsewhere installed.

Same like @NanheKumar did.

my issue is resolved. thanks for the support!

hendisantika on 20 Mar 2020

Rub21 thanks, after brew link minikube everything works. but I don't really understand why a cask of a program is not automatically linked, as I don't have minikube elsewhere installed.

Casks don't have links, formulae do. If it worked after brew link you have the formula installed.

SMillerDev on 20 Mar 2020

If anybody would be interested in taking on this issue and fixing our docs, we just need to include that if installing with brew, you may need to run brew install minikube for installation to complete successfully.

We can add that in our docs here: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/site/content/en/docs/Start/macos.md

If anyone is interested in taking on this issue, I'd be happy to review any PRs

priyawadhwa on 30 Mar 2020

OK. Let me try @priyawadhwa.

hendisantika on 31 Mar 2020

@hendisantika great! I'll assign you to the issue

priyawadhwa on 31 Mar 2020

The real solution is to uninstall the cask brew cask uninstall minikube before you install the formula brew install minikube

SMillerDev on 31 Mar 2020

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@SMillerDev thanks for clarifying! cc @hendisantika let's include in the documentation:

If `which minikube` fails after installing with brew, you may need to uninstall the cask and reinstall by running:

brew cask uninstall minikube
brew install minikube

priyawadhwa on 31 Mar 2020

brew link minikube worked for me

urandu on 23 Apr 2020

So the issue is minikube used to be a cask but is now a regular ol' formula? Or is brew link minikube required after _every_ brew install minikube?