Merge pull request #63 from pdettori/issue-61

🐛 fix issue-61 and improve docs

README.md

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ A flexible and scalable platform for running Kubernetes control plane APIs.
 
 ## Installation
 
-[kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io) is required. Note that we plan to add support 
-for other Kube distros. Note that a hosting kind cluster is created automatically 
-by the kubeflex CLI.
+[kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io) and [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/) are 
+required. Note that we plan to add support for other Kube distros. A hosting kind cluster 
+is created automatically by the kubeflex CLI.
 
 Download the latest kubeflex CLI binary release for your OS/Architecture from the 
 [release page](https://github.com/kubestellar/kubeflex/releases) and copy it

cmd/kflex/init/cluster/kind.go

@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ type KindConfig struct {
 }
 
 func checkIfKindInstalled() (bool, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("command", "-v", "kind")
-	err := cmd.Run()
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("kind")
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to check kind is installed: %v", err)
 	}

docs/users.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Installation
 
-[kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io) is required. Note that we plan to add support 
-for other Kube distros. A hosting kind cluster is created automatically 
-by the kubeflex CLI.
+[kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io) and [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/) are 
+required. Note that we plan to add support for other Kube distros. A hosting kind cluster 
+is created automatically by the kubeflex CLI.
 
 Download the latest kubeflex CLI binary release for your OS/Architecture from the 
 [release page](https://github.com/kubestellar/kubeflex/releases) and copy it