Install aws cli

Download the file using the curl command. The -o option specifies the file name that the downloaded package is written to. In this example, the file is written to AWSCLIV2.pkg in the current folder.

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg"
  • Run the standard macOS installer program, specifying the downloaded .pkg file as the source. Use the -pkg parameter to specify the name of the package to install, and the -target / parameter for which drive to install the package to. The files are installed to /usr/local/aws-cli, and a symlink is automatically created in /usr/local/bin. You must include sudo on the command to grant write permissions to those folders.

  • sudo installer -pkg ./AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /

    After installation is complete, debug logs are written to /var/log/install.log.

  • To verify that the shell can find and run the aws command in your $PATH, use the following commands.

$ which aws
/usr/local/bin/aws 
$ aws --version
aws-cli/2.3.7 Python/3.8.8 Darwin/18.7.0 botocore/2.0.0

If the aws command cannot be found, you may need to restart

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