How To Install azure-cli on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install azure-cli on Kali Linux.

What is azure-cli

azure-cli is:

The Azure command-line interface (CLI) is Microsoft’s cross-platform command-line experience for managing Azure resources. The Azure CLI is designed to be easy to learn and get started with, but powerful enough to be a great tool for building custom automation to use Azure resources.

This package provides the az executable and bash completion.

There are three methods to install azure-cli on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install azure-cli Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install azure-cli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install azure-cli

Install azure-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install azure-cli

Install azure-cli Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install azure-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install azure-cli

How To Uninstall azure-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the azure-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove azure-cli

Uninstall azure-cli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall azure-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove azure-cli

Remove azure-cli Configurations and Data

To remove azure-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge azure-cli

Remove azure-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge azure-cli

Dependencies

azure-cli have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• azure-cli website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install azure-cli package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.