Error The brew link step did not complete successfully The formula built but is not symlinked into usr local Could not symlink bin kubectl

Question

Hi Guys,

I am trying to upgrade my kubectl, but it is showing me the below error.

$ brew upgrade kubectl
Updating Homebrew...
Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.
See "git help gc" for manual housekeeping.
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 2 taps (homebrew/core and homebrew/cask)
==> Pouring kubernetes-cli-1.17.3.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink bin/kubectl
Target /usr/local/bin/kubectl
already exists. You may want to remove it:
rm '/usr/local/bin/kubectl'To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
brew link --overwrite kubernetes-cliTo list all files that would be deleted:
brew link --overwrite --dry-run kubernetes-cli

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You may get this error because of older kubectl version. It is conflicting with newer version. You can use the below given command to avoid this conflict.

$ brew link --overwrite kubernetes-cli

Hope this will help.