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?

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