How To Install ec2-ami-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-ami-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ec2-ami-tools
ec2-ami-tools is:
The Amazon EC2 AMI Tools are command-line utilities to help bundle an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), create an AMI from an existing machine or installed volume, and upload a bundled AMI to Amazon S3.
There are three methods to install ec2-ami-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ec2-ami-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ec2-ami-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ec2-ami-tools
Install ec2-ami-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ec2-ami-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ec2-ami-tools
Install ec2-ami-tools 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 ec2-ami-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ec2-ami-tools
How To Uninstall ec2-ami-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ec2-ami-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ec2-ami-tools
Uninstall ec2-ami-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ec2-ami-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ec2-ami-tools
Remove ec2-ami-tools Configurations and Data
To remove ec2-ami-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ec2-ami-tools
Remove ec2-ami-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ec2-ami-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ec2-ami-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-ami-tools
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.