How To Install python-boto on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-boto on Ubuntu 18.04. python-boto is Python interface to Amazons Web Services - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-boto on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-boto

python-boto is:

Boto is a Python interface to the infrastructure services available from Amazon.

Boto supports the following services:

  • Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
  • Elastic MapReduce
  • CloudFront
  • DynamoDB
  • SimpleDB
  • Relational Database Service (RDS)
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Simple Queue Service (SQS)
  • CloudWatch
  • Route53
  • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
  • Flexible Payment Service (FPS)
  • Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • Glacier
  • Elastic Block Store (EBS)
  • and many more…

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-boto

Install python-boto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-boto

Install python-boto 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-boto using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-boto

How To Uninstall python-boto on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-boto package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-boto

Uninstall python-boto And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-boto

Remove python-boto Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-boto

Remove python-boto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-boto

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Summary

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