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  • 1.  Installing AWS CLI on AIX 7.2

    Posted Mon July 08, 2024 06:52 PM

    I have the tasks of installing AWS CLI onto AIX 7.2. I have yum and rpm packages installed already.
    I have downloaded Linux version of AWS CLI only to get the following

    curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"

    unzip awscliv2.zip
    sudo ./aws/install
    ./aws/install: /root/aws/dist/aws: 0403-006 Execute permission denied.
    Usage: ln [-f|n] [-s] src [target]
       or: ln [-f|n] [-s] src1 ... srcN directory
    root@drum /root >


    So, can you help me to overcome this? Or do I need to download opensource code? And if so where can I find it?



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    Jumaane Salim
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  • 2.  RE: Installing AWS CLI on AIX 7.2

    Posted Fri April 25, 2025 08:51 AM

    Hi Jumaane,

    This reply may be too late for you, but I first installed python3.9 by downloading the following packages from Index of /aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS.

    bash-5.2.21-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    bzip2-1.0.8-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
    expat-2.5.0-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    gcc8-8.3.0-4.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
    gcc8-cplusplus-8.3.0-4.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    gdbm-1.23-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    gettext-0.21-2.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    glib2-2.56.1-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
    libffi-3.4.2-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    libgcc10-10.3.0-6.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    libgcc8-8.3.0-4.aix6.1.ppc.orig
    libgomp8-8.3.0-4.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    libiconv-1.17-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    libstdcplusplus8-8.3.0-4.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    libunistring-0.9.9-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
    libxml2-2.9.9-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
    ncurses-6.3-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    python3.9-3.9.18-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    readline-8.2-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    sed-4.9-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    sqlite-3.39.3-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm
    xz-libs-5.2.5-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
    zlib-1.2.13-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm

    I ran this command from the directory containing the rpm files: rpm --nodeps -Uvh *.rpm

    Then, I ran the following commands to install AWS CLI

    python3.9 -m ensurepip
    python3.9 -m pip install awscli --upgrade --user

    If you get an error related to SSL, set these variables first:

    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/freeware/lib

    export LIBPATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/freeware/lib

    To configure AWS CLI:

    /.local/bin/aws configure

    Enter the AWS Access Key ID
    Enter the AWS Secret Access Key
    Default Region: <Press Enter, leave it blank>
    Output format: <Press Enter, leave it blank>

    To upload a file to S3:
    aws s3 cp  source-path-of-file-to-be-copied    destination-where-file-to-be-uploaded

    To upload a folder containing multiple files recursively:
    aws s3 cp /path/to/file/in/your/system  s3://the-destination-s3-bucket-url/ --recursive 



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    Kevin Monday
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  • 3.  RE: Installing AWS CLI on AIX 7.2

    Posted Thu September 04, 2025 04:22 AM

    Hi Kevin,

    I've followed the steps you provided. It appears that running "python3.9 -m pip install awscli --upgrade --user" installs AWS CLI version 1.41.x from https://pypi.org. However, Jumaane raised an issue regarding the installation of the latest AWS CLI v2 on AIX. The solution above doesn't apply to AWS CLI v2 installation on AIX.

    It seems that, the awscliv2.zip is intended for Linux x86 systems and isn't compatible with AIX.

    Kindly correct me if i am wrong.



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    Raghunath Dalal
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