---
id: installation
title: Litmusctl
sidebar_label: Installation
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The LitmusChaos command-line tool, litmusctl, allows you to manage litmuschaos's infrastructure plane. You can use litmusctl to connect and disconnect chaos infrastructures, create chaos experiments, project, and manage multiple litmuschaos accounts.
## Prerequisites
Litmusctl CLI requires the following things:
- **kubeconfig** - litmusctl needs the kubeconfig of the k8s cluster where we need to connect litmus chaos infrastructures. The CLI currently uses the default path of kubeconfig i.e. `~/.kube/config`.
- **kubectl** - litmusctl is using kubectl under the hood to apply the manifest.
> To install kubectl, follow: [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/#kubectl)
## Usage
For more information including a complete list of litmusctl operations, see the litmusctl reference documentation.
- For 0.23.0 or latest: Click here
## Installation
To install the latest version of litmusctl follow the below steps:
### Linux/MacOS
- Extract the binary
```shell
tar -zxvf litmusctl---.tar.gz
```
- Provide necessary permissions
```shell
chmod +x litmusctl
```
- Move the litmusctl binary to /usr/local/bin/litmusctl. Note: Make sure to use root user or use sudo as a prefix
```shell
mv litmusctl /usr/local/bin/litmusctl
```
- You can run the litmusctl command in Linux/macOS:
```shell
litmusctl [options and parameters]
```
### Windows
- Extract the binary from the zip using WinZip or any other extraction tool.
- You can run the litmusctl command in windows:
```shell
litmusctl.exe [options and parameters]
```
- To check the version of the litmusctl:
```shell
litmusctl version
```
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