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title = "Install helm"
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[Helm](https://helm.sh/) describes itself as a 'package manager for kubernetes' and can be used to deploy resources to Kubernetes.

You package your application as a **chart** which can contain templated files (usually Kubernetes resources) and default configuration **values** too use when rendering the template. Charts are reusable and values can be overriden for specific environments.

{{% notice tip %}}
We are using Helm v3 in the workshops. So there is no `tiller`. If you are using your own environment and not the workshops **Cloud9** environment and you have Helm v2 the commands should work ok.
{{% /notice %}}

At the terminal command prompt, enter the following command to download Helm:

```bash
curl -L https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o helm.tar.gz
```

We then want to extract helm, make it executable and copy to a location in the path:

```bash
tar xvfz helm.tar.gz linux-amd64/helm
chmod +x ./linux-amd64/helm
sudo mv ./linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin
```

This will install `helm` in your **Cloud9** environment. To test to make sure the command is installed properly, execute the command:

```bash
helm version
```

You should see the `helm` version message.

Before we leave we should tidy up by executing these commands:

```bash
rm -rf ./linux-amd64
rm helm.tar.gz
```