Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-ecr-credential-helper on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is amazon-ecr-credential-helper
amazon-ecr-credential-helper is:
A Docker credential helper to automatically manage credentials for Amazon ECR.
Once configured, the Amazon ECR Credential Helper lets you “docker pull†and
“docker push†container images from Amazon ECR without running “docker loginâ€.
Amazon ECR is a container registry and requires authentication for pushing and
pulling images. You can use the AWS CLI or the AWS SDK to obtain a
time-limited authentication token. This credential helper automatically
manages obtaining and refreshing authentication tokens when using the Docker
CLI.
For more information about Amazon ECR and how to use it, see the documentation
at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/.
There are three methods to install amazon-ecr-credential-helper on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install amazon-ecr-credential-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amazon-ecr-credential-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amazon-ecr-credential-helper
Install amazon-ecr-credential-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amazon-ecr-credential-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amazon-ecr-credential-helper
Install amazon-ecr-credential-helper 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 amazon-ecr-credential-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amazon-ecr-credential-helper
How To Uninstall amazon-ecr-credential-helper on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the amazon-ecr-credential-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amazon-ecr-credential-helper
Uninstall amazon-ecr-credential-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amazon-ecr-credential-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amazon-ecr-credential-helper
Remove amazon-ecr-credential-helper Configurations and Data
To remove amazon-ecr-credential-helper configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amazon-ecr-credential-helper
Remove amazon-ecr-credential-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amazon-ecr-credential-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amazon-ecr-credential-helper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-ecr-credential-helper package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
