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AWS & ASK CLI Setup Guide

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AWS CLI Setup - Installation - Linux

You can install the AWS CLI on Linux using pip, a package manager for Python.

Important

The awscli package is available in repositories for other package managers such as APT and yum, but it is not guaranteed to be the latest version unless you get it from pip

Note: If you already have the CLI installed, continue to Setup an AWS CLI Profile, or, if you don't have an AWS account, follow the guide to create an AWS account first.

Prerequisites

In order to install the AWS CLI on your Mac you should make sure to have:

  • Python (v2.6+ or v3+)
  • pip

Check whether you have Python by running this command on the Terminal:

$ python --version

Note on some systems, Python may be installed as python3 so if you don't get any results using the command above, you should also try running the command using python3 instead of python

Check whether you have pip installed by running the following command on the Terminal:

$ pip --version

Note on some systems, pip may be installed as pip3 so if you don't get any results using the command above, you should also try running the command using pip3 instead of pip

  1. If Python 2.7 or later is not installed, install Python with your distribution's package manager. The command and package name varies:

    • On Debian derivatives such as Ubuntu, use APT:

      $ sudo apt-get install python3

    • On Red Hat and derivatives, use yum:

      $ sudo yum install python

    • On SUSE and derivatives, use zypper:

      $ sudo zypper install python3

  2. If you don't have pip, install pip with the script provided by the Python Packaging Authority.

    • Download the installation script from pypa.io:

      $ curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

    • Run the script with Python:

      $ python get-pip.py --user

    • Make sure to add pip to your environment's PATH variable

Install the AWS CLI on macOS using pip

Use pip to install the AWS CLI:

$ pip install awscli --upgrade --user

Verify that the AWS CLI is installed correctly:

$ aws --version
aws-cli/1.11.84 Python/3.6.2 Linux/4.4.0-59-generic botocore/1.5.47

Troubleshooting

If after installing the aws command doesn't work, you may need to update your OS's PATH environment variable. Follow the instructions here.

You may also need to ensure that the aws script has a file mode that is executable. Follow instructions here.

Next step: Setup an AWS CLI Profile