I cannot install aws cli on mac os with pip - awscli: command not found

Question

I tried to follow this tutorial.

This is what I did in the console:

pip3 install --user --upgrade awscli

after that, when I write:

pip3 --version

I'm getting:

pip 9.0.1 from /Users/user/Library/Python/3.4/lib/python/site-packages (python 3.4)

then I wrote:

pip3 install --user --upgrade awscli

this command downloaded awscli and automatically added this:

# Setting PATH for Python 3.4
# The orginal version is saved in .profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

to my .profile

Later on, just to be sure, I wrote:

source ~/.profile

and then when I type:

user$ aws
-bash: aws: command not found

I restarted the terminal with no luck also.

What's the problem here?

Have you checked whether the executables are indeed at /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/? Since you installed with the user scheme (--user), I would expect that the executables should be at somewhere like ~/Library/Python/3.4/bin/ instead. — Leo C
– Leo C, Commented Apr 9, 2017 at 0:09
@LeoC yes, you are absolutely correct! the other path works. Do you bother to add it as an answer? — user3766930
– user3766930, Commented Apr 9, 2017 at 0:32
Glad that it helps. Nah, too lazy – thanks for asking though. — Leo C
– Leo C, Commented Apr 9, 2017 at 0:54
The easiest way to install the AWS CLI on MacOS is with Homebrew: brew install awscli — Rohan Deshpande
– Rohan Deshpande, Commented Apr 9, 2017 at 6:41
if you have brew us: brew install awscli brew install awsebcli — Bwyss
– Bwyss, Commented Aug 29, 2017 at 21:41

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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Here are the two steps to install AWS cli on mac OSX

FIRST

Offical version

brew install awscli

SECOND

Development version

brew install awscli --HEAD

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Ralph Shillington Over a year ago

That worked for me as well, but I don't know that "Official Version" is the correct tile, since brew isn't mentioned on docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/…

whales Over a year ago

This would result in "Permission Denied" now. "sudo" won't work either caz it's not allowed any more.. can anyone updates?

mel3kings Over a year ago

I had Permission Denied issue as well, see my answer on what worked for me below

williamsurles Over a year ago

sheesh, why don't they just say this in the aws documentation!

PeteH32 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-08 06:38:26Z

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When "pip3 install" is called with the "--user" option, it installs the aws executable in a user-specific location. This can be one of many possible locations, but the best way to find out where is with this command:

python3 -m site --user-base

On my system, this returned:

/Users/[myusername]/Library/Python/3.6

This directory has a "bin" subdirectory, and that is where the "aws" executable was located.

I figured this out from following:

pip3 install --help
https://docs.python.org/3/library/site.html#module-contents

answered Nov 8, 2017 at 6:38

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Curious Over a year ago

Have sent a feedback on the aws documentation link - docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/…. Hopefully it would be corrected soon.

Kijana Woodard Over a year ago

dovetails with github.com/rajivkanaujia/alphaworks/wiki/…, but can't upvote his answer.

Matt Eding Over a year ago

This didn't work for me when using pip3 install awscli --upgrade --user since my .local never created a bin subdirectory.

Dennis · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-06 09:23:37Z

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Simple do these three steps:

curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"
unzip awscli-bundle.zip 
sudo ./awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws

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NoAngel Over a year ago

Worked for me on Centos 7, used it as workaround for pip install --user --upgrade awscli => aws => aws: command not found. Also found an official docs here: docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/…

Swissdude Over a year ago

Neither pip, nor brew worked. Got all sorts of errors. this worked like a charm.

Akash Yellappa · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-12 01:20:48Z

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brew install awscli should work

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mel3kings · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-01 05:13:25Z

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This is what worked for me, I experienced permission issues and had to create a local Frameworks folder first before running brew install. using macOS High Sierra

sudo mkdir /usr/local/Frameworks
sudo chown $(whoami):admin /usr/local/Frameworks
brew install awscli

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Florin Andrei Over a year ago

Simply running sudo mkdir /usr/local/Frameworks (no chown) worked for me. macOS High Sierra 10.13.3

Alex W · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-28 16:20:27Z

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To answer the original question about installing using pip:

sudo pip install --upgrade pip
sudo easy_install nose
sudo easy_install tornado
sudo easy_install six
sudo pip install --ignore-installed awscli

worked for me on Mojave

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mdabdullah Over a year ago

Worked for me. brew install awscli was giving me a hard time, this is a good alternative.

Dhananjay Mehta · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-19 05:14:36Z

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I had similar error, when trying to install awscli. I was following steps mentioned here by amazon [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-install-macos.html]

I use anaconda, so when I was using pip3 install awscli --upgrade --user it installs awscli in /Users/username/.local/lib/python3.6/

So, I used following to update awscli to anaconda-

conda install -c conda-forge awscli

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trupti rath · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-11 15:32:05Z

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I have used the following commands to install awscli :

$ curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip" $ unzip awscli-bundle.zip $ ./awscli-bundle/install -b ~/bin/aws

check version using : /Users/xxx/bin/aws --version configure using : /Users/xxx/bin/aws configure

answered Sep 11, 2018 at 15:32

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Shreehari · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-15 09:18:39Z

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Was facing a similar issue. Resolved it by installing python 3.9 using brew install.

brew install [email protected]

Then reinstall awscli

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Stephen Rauch · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-01 01:57:02Z

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I followed the below steps and it works for MacOS 10.11

curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"

Unzip the package.

unzip awscli-bundle.zip

And instead of given command:

'sudo /usr/local/bin/python2.7 awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws'

which is broken due to pip, I think, I used the below command and it worked for me.

python3.6 ./awscli-bundle/install -b ~/bin/aws

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