How To Install jets3t on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jets3t on Ubuntu.

What is `jets3t`

jets3t is:

The JetS3t toolkit provides several applications for interacting and managing data stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon CloudFront content delivery network. Features:

jets3t-cockpitlite: A graphical application that Service Providers with S3 accounts may provide to clients or customers without S3 accounts. jets3t-cockpitlite allows users to manage the content of an S3 account to upload files, download files, delete S3 objects and make objects publicly accessible. All these operations are mediated by a Gatekeeper service.
jets3t-cockpit: graphical application for transferring files, viewing and managing the contents of an Amazon S3 account.
jets3t-synchronize: A command-line application for synchronizing directories on your computer with an Amazon S3 account. Ideal for performing back-ups or synchronizing files between different computers.
jets3t-uploader: A graphical application that Service Providers with S3 accounts may provide to clients or customers without S3 accounts. jets3t-uploader allows users to upload files to S3 using a simple wizard-based workflow, but all uploads must first be authorized by a Gatekeeper service
gatekeeper: A servlet that acts as an authorization service running on a Service Provider’s server to mediate access to S3 accounts. It processes requests from client applications such as JetS3t Uploader & CockpitLite, and authorizes the client application to perform operations such as uploads, downloads and deletes.

There are three methods to install jets3t on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install jets3t Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install jets3t using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install jets3t

Install jets3t Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install jets3t using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install jets3t

Install jets3t 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 jets3t using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jets3t

How To Uninstall jets3t on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the jets3t package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jets3t

Uninstall jets3t And Its Dependencies

To uninstall jets3t and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jets3t

Remove jets3t Configurations and Data

To remove jets3t configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jets3t

Remove jets3t configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove jets3t configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jets3t

Dependencies

jets3t have the following dependencies:

References

jets3t website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jets3t package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.