How To Install cloud-utils-euca on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-utils-euca on Ubuntu 18.04. cloud-utils-euca is cloud image utilities wrapping euca2ools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-utils-euca on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cloud-utils-euca

cloud-utils-euca is:

The tasks associated with image bundling are often tedious and repetitive. The cloud-utils-euca package provides a useful set of utilities for managing cloud images wrapping the euca2ools commands, and a utility (ubuntu-ec2-run) for launching ubuntu instances.

There are three methods to install cloud-utils-euca 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 cloud-utils-euca Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cloud-utils-euca using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cloud-utils-euca

Install cloud-utils-euca Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cloud-utils-euca using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cloud-utils-euca

Install cloud-utils-euca 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 cloud-utils-euca using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cloud-utils-euca

How To Uninstall cloud-utils-euca on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cloud-utils-euca package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cloud-utils-euca

Uninstall cloud-utils-euca And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cloud-utils-euca

Remove cloud-utils-euca Configurations and Data

To remove cloud-utils-euca configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cloud-utils-euca

Remove cloud-utils-euca configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cloud-utils-euca configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cloud-utils-euca

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Summary

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