How To Install awscli on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install awscli on Ubuntu 18.04. awscli is Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install awscli on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is awscli

awscli is:

This package provides a unified command line interface to many Amazon Web Services.

The currently supported services include:

  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS Data Pipeline
  • AWS Direct Connect
  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • AWS Identity and Access Management
  • AWS Import/Export
  • AWS OpsWorks
  • AWS Security Token Service
  • AWS Storage Gateway
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon ElastiCache
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
  • Amazon Elastic MapReduce
  • Amazon Elastic Transcoder
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon Relational Database Service (Beta)
  • Amazon Simple Email Service
  • Amazon Simple Notification Service
  • Amazon Simple Queue Service
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service
  • Amazon Simple Workflow Service
  • Auto Scaling
  • Elastic Load Balancing

There are three methods to install awscli on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install awscli Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install awscli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install awscli

Install awscli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install awscli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install awscli

Install awscli Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install awscli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install awscli

How To Uninstall awscli on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the awscli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove awscli

Uninstall awscli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall awscli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove awscli

Remove awscli Configurations and Data

To remove awscli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge awscli

Remove awscli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove awscli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge awscli

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install awscli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.