AWS CLI v2
This bundle contains a built executable of the AWS CLI v2. Note that the AWS
CLI v2 is in developer preview. In the future, there may be backwards
incompatible changes introduced to the AWS CLI v2.
Installation
To install the AWS CLI v2, run the install
script:
$ sudo ./install
You can now run: /usr/local/bin/aws2 --version
This will install the AWS CLI v2 at /usr/local/bin/aws2
. Assuming
/usr/local/bin
is on your PATH
, you can now run:
$ aws2 --verison
Installing without sudo
If you don't have sudo
permissions or want to install the AWS
CLI v2 only for the current user, run the install
script with the -b
and -i
options:
$ ./install -i ~/.local/aws-cli -b ~/.local/bin
This will install the AWS CLI v2 in ~/.local/aws-cli
and create
symlinks for aws2
and aws2_completer
in ~/.local/bin
. For more
information about these options, run the install
script with -h
:
$ ./install -h
Updating
If you run the install
script and there is a previously installed version
of the AWS CLI v2, the script will error out. To update to the version included
in this bundle, run the install
script with --update
:
$ sudo ./install --update
Removing the installation
To remove the AWS CLI v2, delete the its installation and symlinks:
$ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/aws-cli
$ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/aws2
$ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/aws2_completer
Note if you installed the AWS CLI v2 using the -b
or -i
options, you will
need to remove the installation and the symlinks in the directories you
specified.