How To Install iamcli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iamcli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is iamcli
iamcli is:
The Command Line Toolkit for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Identity and Access Management (IAM) Service enables users to execute IAM APIs with simple commands.
There are three methods to install iamcli 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 iamcli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iamcli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iamcli
Install iamcli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iamcli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iamcli
Install iamcli 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 iamcli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iamcli
How To Uninstall iamcli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the iamcli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iamcli
Uninstall iamcli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iamcli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iamcli
Remove iamcli Configurations and Data
To remove iamcli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iamcli
Remove iamcli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iamcli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iamcli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iamcli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
