aws-cli-v2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "aws-cli-v2" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install aws-cli-v2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S aws-cli-v2

* (Optional) Uninstall aws-cli-v2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns aws-cli-v2

2. Manually Install "aws-cli-v2" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone aws-cli-v2's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/aws-cli-v2.git ~/aws-cli-v2

c. Go to ~/aws-cli-v2 folder and install it

$ cd ~/aws-cli-v2 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the aws-cli-v2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1133900
Name: aws-cli-v2
PackageBaseID: 154774
PackageBase: aws-cli-v2
Version: 2.7.28-1
Description: Universal Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services (version 2)
URL: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 1.166004
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tucho
FirstSubmitted: 1593029928
LastModified: 1662055100
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aws-cli-v2.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions