How To Install s3cmd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install s3cmd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is s3cmd
s3cmd is:
Command-line tool to upload, retrieve and manage data in Amazon S3 service (http://www.amazon.com/s3/), designed for use in scripts. Features:
- creating and destroying S3 buckets
- uploading and downloading files
- listing remote files
- removing remote files
- synchronizing local directories to S3 buckets
- getting various information about buckets and disk usage
s3cmd supports both (US and EU) S3 datacentres.
There are three methods to install s3cmd 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 s3cmd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install s3cmd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install s3cmd
Install s3cmd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install s3cmd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install s3cmd
Install s3cmd 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 s3cmd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install s3cmd
How To Uninstall s3cmd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the s3cmd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove s3cmd
Uninstall s3cmd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall s3cmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove s3cmd
Remove s3cmd Configurations and Data
To remove s3cmd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge s3cmd
Remove s3cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove s3cmd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge s3cmd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install s3cmd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
