How to install s3cmd on Linux on 3Engines Cloud[🔗](#how-to-install-s3cmd-on-linux-on-brand-name "Permalink to this headline")
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In this article you will learn how to install [s3cmd](https://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd) on Linux. **s3cmd** can be used, among other things, to:

> * download files from EODATA repositories as well as to
> * store files in object storage available on 3Engines Cloud,

without mounting these resources as a file system.

What We Are Going To Cover[🔗](#what-we-are-going-to-cover "Permalink to this headline")
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> * Installing **s3cmd** using **apt**
> * Uninstalling **s3cmd**

Prerequisites[🔗](#prerequisites "Permalink to this headline")
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No. 1 **Account**

You need a 3Engines Cloud hosting account with access to the Horizon interface: <https://horizon.3Engines.com>.

No. 2 **A virtual machine or local computer**

These instructions are for Ubuntu 22.04, either on a local computer or on a virtual machine hosted on 3Engines Cloud cloud.

Other operating systems and environments are outside of scope of this article and might require adjusting of the instructions accordingly.

If you want to install **s3cmd** on a virtual machine hosted on 3Engines Cloud cloud, follow one of these articles: