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kubectl plugin does not have arm64 macos variant

What happened:

➜  ~ kubectl krew install ingress-nginx

Adding "default" plugin index from https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew-index.git.
Updated the local copy of plugin index.
Installing plugin: ingress-nginx
W1208 14:11:58.733846   25803 install.go:164] failed to install plugin "ingress-nginx": plugin "ingress-nginx" does not offer installation for this platform
failed to install some plugins: [ingress-nginx]: plugin "ingress-nginx" does not offer installation for this platform

What you expected to happen:

The plugin to be installed

NGINX Ingress controller version (exec into the pod and run nginx-ingress-controller --version.):

N/A

Kubernetes version (use kubectl version):

Client Version: v1.28.2
Kustomize Version: v5.0.4-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3
Server Version: v1.28.2

Environment:

  • OS (e.g. from /etc/os-release): MacOS 14.1.1 (On M1 Mac)
  • Kernel (e.g. uname -a): Darwin

How to reproduce this issue:

  • Buy or install an Apple Silicon mac
  • Install kubectl
  • Install krew
  • Try to install this plugin

The last time this plugin has been updated was 3 years ago: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew-index/blob/master/plugins/ingress-nginx.yaml