AWS CLI $PATH Settings

Question

I am following the AWS CLI Setup guide. I have managed to successfully install the tool on my Mac OS X terminal with the following output:

Running cmd: /usr/bin/         


        

Answer 1

Take a look at the note on https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-bundle.html

By default, the install script runs under the system default version of Python. If you have installed an alternative version of Python and want to use that to install the AWS CLI, run the install script with that version by absolute path to the Python executable.

For the step where you run the install executable

instead of doing just:

$ sudo ./awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws

Find out where your python is installed for example

$ which python

and then use the path to install the executable like

$ sudo awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws

The above should fix the problem.