From 24820772e51ec7ecb276d7bfaa0cfacc8adb829e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ihor Dvoretskyi <ihor@dvoretskyi.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:22:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update installation instructions with snap (#4171)

* Update installation instructions with snap

Update installation instructions with snap - the package manager for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

* fix md formatting

* fix shell formating

* fix shell block

* fix shell for Check the kubectl configuration

* switch to full width shell
---
 docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md | 58 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md b/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md
index 0fd5514904..4c84c348fd 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md
@@ -91,35 +91,45 @@ Here are a few methods to install kubectl.
 
 kubectl can be installed as part of the Google Cloud SDK.
 
-  1. Install the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/).
-  2. Run the following command to install `kubectl`:
-  ```shell
-gcloud components install kubectl
-```
-  3. Run `kubectl version` to verify that the verison you've installed is sufficiently up-to-date.
+1. Install the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/).
+2. Run the following command to install `kubectl`:
+
+        gcloud components install kubectl
+
+3. Run `kubectl version` to verify that the verison you've installed is sufficiently up-to-date.
+
+## Install with snap on Ubuntu
+
+kubectl is available as a [snap](https://snapcraft.io/) application.
+
+1. If you are on Ubuntu or one of other Linux distributions that support [snap](https://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install) package manager, you can install with:
+
+        sudo snap install kubectl --classic
+
+2. Run `kubectl version` to verify that the verison you've installed is sufficiently up-to-date.
 
 ## Install with Homebrew on macOS
 
-  1. If you are on macOS and using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) package manager, you can install with:
-```shell
-brew install kubectl
-```
-  2. Run `kubectl version` to verify that the verison you've installed is sufficiently up-to-date.
+1. If you are on macOS and using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) package manager, you can install with:
+
+        brew install kubectl
+
+2. Run `kubectl version` to verify that the verison you've installed is sufficiently up-to-date.
 
 ## Install with Chocolatey on Windows
 
-  1. If you are on Windows and using [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org) package manager, you can install with:
-```shell
-choco install kubernetes-cli
-```
-  2. Run `kubectl version` to verify that the verison you've installed is sufficiently up-to-date.
-  3. Configure kubectl to use a remote kubernetes cluster:
-```shell
-cd C:\users\yourusername (Or wherever your %HOME% directory is)
-mkdir .kube
-cd .kube
-touch config
-```
+1. If you are on Windows and using [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org) package manager, you can install with:
+
+        choco install kubernetes-cli
+
+2. Run `kubectl version` to verify that the verison you've installed is sufficiently up-to-date.
+3. Configure kubectl to use a remote kubernetes cluster:
+
+        cd C:\users\yourusername (Or wherever your %HOME% directory is)
+        mkdir .kube
+        cd .kube
+        touch config
+
 Edit the config file with a text editor of your choice, such as Notepad for example.
 
 ## Configure kubectl
@@ -136,9 +146,11 @@ $ kubectl cluster-info
 If you see a URL response, kubectl is correctly configured to access your cluster.
 
 If you see a message similar to the following, kubectl is not correctly configured:
+
 ```shell
 The connection to the server <server-name:port> was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
 ```
+
 ## Enabling shell autocompletion
 
 kubectl includes autocompletion support, which can save a lot of typing!