How To Install python-vm-builder-ec2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vm-builder-ec2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-vm-builder-ec2
python-vm-builder-ec2 is:
Ubuntu vmbuilder module that automates the process of create a ready to use EC2 image (AMI) based on Ubuntu. You can pass command line options to add extra packages, remove packages, choose which version of Ubuntu, which mirror to use etc.
VMBuilder module to build, upload and register EC2 images. You will need to have an Amazon EC2 account in order to use this package.
There are three methods to install python-vm-builder-ec2 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 python-vm-builder-ec2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-vm-builder-ec2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-vm-builder-ec2
Install python-vm-builder-ec2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-vm-builder-ec2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-vm-builder-ec2
Install python-vm-builder-ec2 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 python-vm-builder-ec2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-vm-builder-ec2
How To Uninstall python-vm-builder-ec2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-vm-builder-ec2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-vm-builder-ec2
Uninstall python-vm-builder-ec2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-vm-builder-ec2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vm-builder-ec2
Remove python-vm-builder-ec2 Configurations and Data
To remove python-vm-builder-ec2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-vm-builder-ec2
Remove python-vm-builder-ec2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-vm-builder-ec2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-vm-builder-ec2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vm-builder-ec2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
