How To Install vagrant-azure on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-azure on Debian 9. vagrant-azure is Microsoft Azure provider for Vagrant

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-azure on Debian 9.

What is vagrant-azure

vagrant-azure is:

This package adds support using Vagrant with Microsoft Azure. The entire Vagrant workflow is exactly the same, except with vagrant-azure it will use Microsoft Azure virtual machines instead of VirtualBox VMs.

There are three methods to install vagrant-azure on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vagrant-azure Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vagrant-azure

Install vagrant-azure Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vagrant-azure

Install vagrant-azure 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install vagrant-azure

How To Uninstall vagrant-azure on Debian 9

To uninstall only the vagrant-azure package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vagrant-azure

Uninstall vagrant-azure And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vagrant-azure and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vagrant-azure

Remove vagrant-azure Configurations and Data

To remove vagrant-azure configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vagrant-azure

Remove vagrant-azure configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vagrant-azure

Dependencies

vagrant-azure have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-azure package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.