Installing AWS CLI on AlmaLinux

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:37:13 +1000

I already wrote a blog post on How to install AWS CLI on RockyLinux, where I shared how to leverage the RPM package from EPEL repository. So what do I need to create a post here?

Well, when I tried to use the same method to install the AWS CLI on an AlmaLinux 9.2, there was an issue with dependency. Here is what happened:

[kenno@wedev1 ~]$ sudo dnf install awscli
[sudo] password for kenno:
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Error:
 Problem: conflicting requests
  - nothing provides python3.9dist(docutils) >= 0.10 needed by awscli-1.23.10-3.el9.noarch
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)

Good thing is, there are a few ways to install AWS CLI on Linux. I’ll be using the method described at official AWS document to install the CLI.

How to Install AWS CLI on RockyLinux

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:02:59 +1100

The awscli package is available from the EPEL repository, which is not enabled by default on RockyLinux.

Enable the EPEL repo by installing epel-release pacakge.

$ sudo dnf install epel-release

Once the EPEL repo is successfully enabled, we can install awscli package.

$ sudo dnf install awscli

Enable and verify that the awscli is installed on the system.

$ aws --version
aws-cli/1.18.156 Python/3.6.8 Linux/4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64 botocore/1.18.15

As a bonus, here is how to configure the AWS credential.

Awscli on Kenno's Open Note

Installing AWS CLI on AlmaLinux

How to Install AWS CLI on RockyLinux