<p>As per <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31573402/error-couldnt-read-version-from-server">this question</a>, I was wondering if there are any plans to be able to use the kubectl tool without installing gcloud?</p>

<p>The use case I have in mind is the same as the one that fellow had: <a href="https://github.com/pires/kubernetes-vagrant-coreos-cluster" rel="nofollow noreferrer">running kubernetes on CoreOS locally via vagrant</a>.</p>

<p>You can definitely use kubectl without gcloud. You can download the latest official Kubernetes release from its <a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/releases" rel="nofollow">releases page on Github</a>, then run kubectl by untarring it and either running <code>./cluster/kubectl.sh</code> or copying the kubectl binary from <code>platforms/$OS/$ARCHITECTURE/kubectl</code> into your shell's path.</p>

<p>Also, setting up Kubernetes on vagrant can be as simple as running these two commands, which should get everything in place for you:</p>

<p><code>export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=vagrant
curl -sS https://get.k8s.io | bash</code></p>
