minikube kubeconfig error

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Problem

Trying to set up minikube you get the following error:

Error setting up kubeconfig: writing kubeconfig: Error writing file : open : no such file or directory

Solution

Unset the KUBECONFIG to solve the issue (unset KUBECONFIG) as described https://pubci.com/2017/01/01/why-not-tryout-kubernetes-locally-via-minikube/