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Installing helm

The following section describes how to install helm on different platforms using the CLI.

You can also find the URL to the latest binaries from the OKD web console by clicking the ? icon in the upper-right corner and selecting Command Line Tools.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed Go, version 1.13 or higher.

On Linux

  1. Download the helm binary and add it to your path:

    • Linux (x86_64, amd64)

      # curl -L https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/helm/latest/helm-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/helm

    • Linux on IBM Z® and IBM® LinuxONE (s390x)

      # curl -L https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/helm/latest/helm-linux-s390x -o /usr/local/bin/helm

    • Linux on IBM Power® (ppc64le)

      # curl -L https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/helm/latest/helm-linux-ppc64le -o /usr/local/bin/helm

  2. Make the binary file executable:

    # chmod +x /usr/local/bin/helm

  3. Check the installed version:

    $ helm version
    Example output
    version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.0", GitCommit:"b31719aab7963acf4887a1c1e6d5e53378e34d93", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.13.4"}

On Windows 7/8

  1. Download the latest .exe file and put in a directory of your preference.

  2. Right click Start and click Control Panel.

  3. Select System and Security and then click System.

  4. From the menu on the left, select Advanced systems settings and click Environment Variables at the bottom.

  5. Select Path from the Variable section and click Edit.

  6. Click New and type the path to the folder with the .exe file into the field or click Browse and select the directory, and click OK.

On Windows 10

  1. Download the latest .exe file and put in a directory of your preference.

  2. Click Search and type env or environment.

  3. Select Edit environment variables for your account.

  4. Select Path from the Variable section and click Edit.

  5. Click New and type the path to the directory with the exe file into the field or click Browse and select the directory, and click OK.

On MacOS

  1. Download the helm binary and add it to your path:

    # curl -L https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/helm/latest/helm-darwin-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/helm

  2. Make the binary file executable:

    # chmod +x /usr/local/bin/helm

  3. Check the installed version:

    $ helm version
    Example output
    version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.0", GitCommit:"b31719aab7963acf4887a1c1e6d5e53378e34d93", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.13.4"}