How To Install python-aws-requests-auth on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aws-requests-auth on Ubuntu 18.04. python-aws-requests-auth is AWS Signature Version 4 Signing Process (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aws-requests-auth on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-aws-requests-auth

python-aws-requests-auth is:

This package contains a Python library to authenticate to AWS with Amazon’s signature version 4 signing process. The library leverages the Python requests library.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-aws-requests-auth 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-aws-requests-auth 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-aws-requests-auth using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-aws-requests-auth

Install python-aws-requests-auth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-aws-requests-auth using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-aws-requests-auth

Install python-aws-requests-auth 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-aws-requests-auth using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-aws-requests-auth

How To Uninstall python-aws-requests-auth on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-aws-requests-auth package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-aws-requests-auth

Uninstall python-aws-requests-auth And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-aws-requests-auth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aws-requests-auth

Remove python-aws-requests-auth Configurations and Data

To remove python-aws-requests-auth configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-aws-requests-auth

Remove python-aws-requests-auth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-aws-requests-auth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aws-requests-auth

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aws-requests-auth package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.