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Installing kwctl (Kubewarden CLI)

kwctl is the command-line interface (CLI) tool for Kubewarden. Below are installation instructions for some operating systems.

Install for Linux​

Using Homebrew​

If you use the Homebrew package manager on Linux, then:

brew install kwctl

Verify Installation:

kwctl --version

Using AUR (Arch User Repository)​

If you're using Arch Linux, or an Arch-based distribution, you can install kwctl from the AUR.

Using an AUR Helper (yay)​

yay -S kwctl

Using makepkg​

# Clone the AUR package
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/kwctl.git
cd kwctl

# Build and install the package
makepkg -si

Verify the installation​

kwctl --version

Manual installation​

  1. Download the latest release of kwctl for Linux:

    curl -LO https://github.com/kubewarden/kwctl/releases/latest/download/kwctl-linux-x86_64.zip

    For ARM64 systems (e.g., Raspberry Pi), use:

    curl -LO https://github.com/kubewarden/kwctl/releases/latest/download/kwctl-linux-aarch64.zip

  2. Extract the files from the downloaded .zip file:

    unzip kwctl-linux-x86_64.zip

    This extracts the following files:

    • kwctl-linux-x86_64: The kwctl binary
    • kwctl-linux-x86_64.sig: A signature file for verifying the binary
    • kwctl-linux-x86_64.pem: A certificate file for verifying the signature

  3. Move the binary to a directory in your PATH, rename to kwctl and make executable.

  4. Verify the installation:

    kwctl --version

Install shell completions​

The kwctl CLI has the --shell option to generate shell completion commands for your shell. You can use the output from this command to integrate completions into your shell.

kwctl completions --shell [bash|elvish|fish|powershell|zsh]