How to Install and Uninstall azure-cli Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the azure-cli on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "azure-cli" package

This tutorial shows how to install azure-cli on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "azure-cli" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall azure-cli on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the azure-cli package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: azure-cli
Version: 2.45.0-1
Installed-Size: 17
Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any, python3-azure-cli (>= 2.45.0-1)
Description: Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI)
Description-md5: e70242073dc6488304f7552a259e60a3
Homepage: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/azure-cli/azure-cli_2.45.0-1_all.deb
Size: 5924
MD5sum: d000abef3815eb79f84768bdfcdd828d
SHA256: d768fd9de1efc4f3195d3815dd7ecd56b8c8995fff9dbd96b2bc2accb2c5abf6