AWS CLI not working on Mac OSX Yosemite: "-bash: aws: command not found"

Question

I've successfully downloaded the AWS CLI using PIP onto Mac OSX Yosemite. I'm running Python version 2.7.

I can see the AWS executable in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin.

But when I try to run

aws help

in my Terminal to test that the AWS CLI works, I get

-bash: aws: command not found

Why isn't this working?

ceejayoz · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-24 21:59:29Z

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/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin will need to be in your path. In your ~/.profile file (create one if necessary) add a line like:

export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:$PATH"

Open a new Terminal window and it should work.

answered Apr 24, 2015 at 21:59

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Tim Jahn Over a year ago

Ah thanks, that worked! I had tried a similar line in my ~/.profile but this one worked.

racl101 Over a year ago

Since I installed aws cli tool for my user only I had to do this: export PATH="$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/bin:$PATH" instead. I did this on MacOS Sierra.

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