azure-cli/doc/install_linux_prerequisites.md

Linux Install Prerequisites

Some native Linux packages are required when installing the CLI with:

• Interactive install script
• pip

Current supported Python versions are Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8. Azure CLI packages prior to version 2.1.0 support both Python 2.7 and Python 3.

The commands to run to install the dependencies for some common distributions are listed below.

• Ubuntu
  • 12.04 LTS
  • 14.04 LTS
  • 15.10
  • 16.04 LTS
  • 18.04 LTS
• Debian
  • 7
  • 8
• CentOS
  • 6.5 - 6.7
  • 7.1 - 7.2
• RHEL
  • 6.7
  • 7.2
• SUSE
• CoreOS

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Python 2.7.3 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and BASH on Windows (Build 14362+)

Python 2.7.6 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

Ubuntu 15.10

Python 2.7.10 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev build-essential

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev build-essential

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev build-essential

Debian 7

Python 2.7.3 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

Debian 8

Python 2.7.9 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev build-essential

CentOS 6.5 / 6.6 / 6.7

Not supported with the default version of Python (2.6.6) on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

CentOS 7.1 / 7.2

Python 2.7.5 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo yum check-update; sudo yum install -y gcc libffi-devel python-devel openssl-devel

RedHat RHEL 6.7

Not supported with the default version of Python (2.6.6) on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

RedHat RHEL 7.2

Python 2.7.5 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo yum check-update; sudo yum install -y gcc libffi-devel python-devel openssl-devel

SUSE OpenSUSE 13.2

Python 2.7.8 should be already on the machine. Install Python 3.6+ if needed.

sudo zypper refresh && sudo zypper --non-interactive install gcc libffi-devel python-devel openssl-devel

CoreOS Stable-899.15.0 / Beta-1010.1.0 / Alpha-1010.1.0

Python is not installed by default.