How to Install and Uninstall awscli Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "awscli" package

This is a short guide on how to install awscli on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "awscli" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall awscli on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the awscli package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: awscli
Architecture: all
Version: 1.18.69-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8234
Depends: groff, python3, python3-botocore (>= 1.16.19), python3-pyasn1, python3-colorama, python3-docutils, python3-rsa, python3-s3transfer, python3-yaml, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Filename: pool/universe/a/awscli/awscli_1.18.69-1ubuntu0.16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 992376
MD5sum: 6a4edd5736019fc9c1f050810f442df2
SHA1: 97f6daca230f1d6d5ee18a87c97cead21da788a4
SHA256: a18e6294f978c51a41726f7a5e72b100114fb576b8ee30f0ddba78458fc07ff3
SHA512: 0960d18e3efdc89051b9b4fd894f45547d54db262b431dfc9607f8256b476646477c85a650ae3b3e107fb2de64d9907a534eb1932caa881e471f8ccabf61bcf2
Homepage: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
Description-en: Universal Command Line Environment for AWS
This package provides a unified command line interface to many
Amazon Web Services.
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The currently supported services include:
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* AWS CloudFormation
* AWS Data Pipeline
* AWS Direct Connect
* AWS Elastic Beanstalk
* AWS Identity and Access Management
* AWS Import/Export
* AWS OpsWorks
* AWS Security Token Service
* AWS Storage Gateway
* Amazon CloudWatch
* Amazon ElastiCache
* Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
* Amazon Elastic MapReduce
* Amazon Elastic Transcoder
* Amazon Redshift
* Amazon Relational Database Service (Beta)
* Amazon Simple Email Service
* Amazon Simple Notification Service
* Amazon Simple Queue Service
* Amazon Simple Storage Service
* Amazon Simple Workflow Service
* Auto Scaling
* Elastic Load Balancing
Description-md5: aaf8e6b3ff4426c8a7b4d7d49df6ee53

Package: awscli
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 2513
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Python Applications Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Version: 1.10.1-1
Depends: python3, python3-botocore (>= 1.3.9), python3-colorama, python3-docutils, python3-rsa, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Filename: pool/universe/a/awscli/awscli_1.10.1-1_all.deb
Size: 369542
MD5sum: b9d83e2cb933f713c7928f98d3b32a56
SHA1: a0ce99365f108f8bd757521060e87ebcd8082acb
SHA256: acff0027b4bd936b6401bd27b11b8dec7f730f6d30fb4f8aa90dfdb91755bf29
Description-en: Universal Command Line Environment for AWS
This package provides a unified command line interface to many
Amazon Web Services.
.
The currently supported services include:
.
* AWS CloudFormation
* AWS Data Pipeline
* AWS Direct Connect
* AWS Elastic Beanstalk
* AWS Identity and Access Management
* AWS Import/Export
* AWS OpsWorks
* AWS Security Token Service
* AWS Storage Gateway
* Amazon CloudWatch
* Amazon ElastiCache
* Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
* Amazon Elastic MapReduce
* Amazon Elastic Transcoder
* Amazon Redshift
* Amazon Relational Database Service (Beta)
* Amazon Simple Email Service
* Amazon Simple Notification Service
* Amazon Simple Queue Service
* Amazon Simple Storage Service
* Amazon Simple Workflow Service
* Auto Scaling
* Elastic Load Balancing
Description-md5: aaf8e6b3ff4426c8a7b4d7d49df6ee53
Homepage: http://aws.amazon.com/cli/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu