How can I install minikube on Mac OS Catalina

Question

The provided methods on the Kubernetes documentation don't work and brew cask no longer seems to have the minikube formulae as of Mac OS Catalina.

Error: Cask 'minikube' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.

When I download it with curl it refuses to run with the following error.

/bin/minikube: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

How can I install minikube on Mac OS Catalina. Or do I have to rollback to Mojave?

Answer 1

Minikube is no longer available as a cask.

Change command

brew cask install minikube

to

brew install minikube

or use

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-darwin-amd64 \
 && sudo install minikube-darwin-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube

Answer 2

The provided methods on the Kubernetes documentation don't work and brew cask no longer seems to have the minikube formulae as of Mac OS Catalina.

Error: Cask 'minikube' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.

Minikube is no longer available as a cask. You can install it with brew install minikube.

When I download it with curl it refuses to run with the following error.

/bin/minikube: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

An Exec format error might indicate that you're trying to execute a file that is not intended to be executed (e.g. a plain text file). Make sure the /bin/minikube file is actually a binary (you can test with file /bin/minikube, it should print 'Mach-O Executable')