Downgrade kubectl version to match minikube k8s version

Question

I started minikube with k8s version 1.5.2 and I would like to downgrade my kubectl so that it is also 1.5.2. Currently when I run kubectl version I get:

Answer 1

You can just download the previous version binary and replace the one you have now.

Linux:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.5.2/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

macOS:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.5.2/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

Windows:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.5.2/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe

And add it to PATH.

If not follow instructions for other Operating Systems here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl-binary-via-curl

Answer 2

With APT you can install the exact version as well:

sudo apt install kubectl=1.17.2-00

Answer 3

What helped me on Centos was running the following:

sudo yum downgrade kubeadm-1.16.9 kubernetes-cni-0.7.5 kubelet-1.16.9 kubectl-1.16.9

Then to disable updates forever, edit /etc/yum.repos.d/Kubernetes.repo and change the line with enabled to enabled=0.