How to Install AWS CLI on ubuntu 16.04/18.04 Linux
This post will guide you how to install AWS CLI on Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 Linux. You can install the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) and its dependencies on Ubuntu linux by pip tool ( A package manager for Python). Or you can use the the default repositories via apt command to install AWS CLI on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux.
- What is AWS CLI
- Install AWS CLI using the Default Repository
- Install AWS CLI Using pip Tool
- Install AWS CLI Using Snap
What is AWS Command Line Interface?
The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts. The AWS CLI introduces a new set of simple file commands for efficient file transfers to and from Amazon S3.
Install AWS CLI using the Default Repository
The AWS CLI Package is available in repository for apt package manager in Ubuntu 18.04 Linux, so You can use the default repository to install the AWS CLI tool on Your Ubuntu Linux. You can use the apt command to install it. Type the following command:
$ sudo apt install awscli
Outptus:
devops@devops-osetc:~$ sudo apt install awscli
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Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
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docutils-common python3-botocore python3-colorama python3-dateutil python3-docutils python3-jmespath python3-pygments python3-roman
python3-rsa python3-s3transfer
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Check if the AWS CLI tool is installed properly, type the following command:
$ aws --version
Outputs:
devops@devops-osetc:~$ aws --version
aws-cli/1.14.44 Python/3.6.7 Linux/4.15.0-43-generic botocore/1.8.48
You can also use the configure option for aws command to configure the AWS CLI. Type:
$ aws configure
Install AWS CLI Using pip Tool
You can use the pip tool to install the AWS CLI tool on Ubuntu Linux. Firstly, you need to check if you already installed the pip tool in your Ubuntu Linux, run the pip –version to if your version of Ubuntu Linux already includes python and pip.
$ pip --version
Outputs:
devops@devops-osetc:~$ pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)
If you do not already have pip installed, just type the following apt command to install it, type:
$ sudo apt install python-pip
After installed both python and pip packages, you can start to install the AWS CLI with pip, type the following command:
$ pip install awscli --upgrade --user
Outputs:
devops@devops-osetc:~$ pip install awscli --upgrade --user
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Successfully installed PyYAML-3.13 awscli-1.16.96 botocore-1.12.86 colorama-0.3.9 docutils-0.14 futures-3.2.0 jmespath-0.9.3 pyasn1-0.4.5 python-dateutil-2.7.5 rsa-3.4.2 s3transfer-0.1.13 six-1.12.0 urllib3-1.24.1
Note: when you use the –user option, the pip will install the AWS CLI to ~/.local/bin.
You can use the following command to verify that the AWS CLI installed correctly, type:
$ aws --version
Outputs:
devops@devops-osetc:~$ which aws /home/devops/.local/bin/aws devops@devops-osetc:~$ /home/devops/.local/bin/aws --version aws-cli/1.16.96 Python/2.7.15rc1 Linux/4.15.0-43-generic botocore/1.12.86
Install AWS CLI Using Snap
You can also use the snaps command to isntall AWS CLI on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux, type:
$ sudo snap install aws-cli --classic
You can check for the AWS CLI version to confirm the installation, type:
$ aws --version
Outputs:
devops@devops-osetc:~$ aws --version aws-cli/1.14.57 Python/3.5.2 Linux/4.15.0-10-generic botocore/1.9.10
Done!
