How To Install ec2-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. ec2-api-tools is Amazon EC2 API tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ec2-api-tools

ec2-api-tools is:

The Amazon EC2 API tools are command-line utilities to help manage an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), manage firewalls and other utilities.

There are three methods to install ec2-api-tools 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 ec2-api-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ec2-api-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ec2-api-tools

Install ec2-api-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ec2-api-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ec2-api-tools

Install ec2-api-tools 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 ec2-api-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ec2-api-tools

How To Uninstall ec2-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ec2-api-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ec2-api-tools

Uninstall ec2-api-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ec2-api-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ec2-api-tools

Remove ec2-api-tools Configurations and Data

To remove ec2-api-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ec2-api-tools

Remove ec2-api-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ec2-api-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ec2-api-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-api-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.