How To Install azure-cli on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install azure-cli on Debian 12.
What is azure-cli
azure-cli is:
The Azure command-line interface (CLI) is Microsoft’s cross-platform command-line experience for managing Azure resources. The Azure CLI is designed to be easy to learn and get started with, but powerful enough to be a great tool for building custom automation to use Azure resources.
This package provides the az executable and bash completion.
There are three methods to install azure-cli on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install azure-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install azure-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install azure-cli
Install azure-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install azure-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install azure-cli
Install azure-cli 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 azure-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install azure-cli
How To Uninstall azure-cli on Debian 12
To uninstall only the azure-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove azure-cli
Uninstall azure-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall azure-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove azure-cli
Remove azure-cli Configurations and Data
To remove azure-cli configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge azure-cli
Remove azure-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove azure-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge azure-cli
Dependencies
azure-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install azure-cli package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
