Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install azure-cli on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: azure-cli
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.81+ds-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14
Depends: python3:any, python3-azure-cli (>= 2.0.81+ds-4)
Filename: pool/universe/a/azure-cli/azure-cli_2.0.81+ds-4_all.deb
Size: 2816
MD5sum: 4767ebd1a0184789a8c96f74a81abff7
SHA1: 3f1679c3afd454190b7e6d63cd904e234f86382e
SHA256: 26c72f9acc1a2faebd125cf1b62c14ba1b4dff2c49329ddc044e2452ee0b16e9
Homepage: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli
Description-en: Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI)
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 azure-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install azure-cli
How To Uninstall azure-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install azure-cli package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
