I installed the AWS CLI using the instructions provided that suggest using PIP. After the installation when I try to run it I get the following error:
[21:03:50] ip-10-0-0-115:awscli-1.2.9.egg-info $ aws
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/aws", line 23, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/bin/aws", line 19, in main
return awscli.clidriver.main()
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/clidriver.py", line 44, in main
driver = create_clidriver()
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/clidriver.py", line 53, in create_clidriver
event_hooks=emitter)
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/plugin.py", line 44, in load_plugins
modules = _import_plugins(plugin_mapping)
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/plugin.py", line 61, in _import_plugins
module = __import__(path, fromlist=[module])
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/handlers.py", line 24, in <module>
from awscli.customizations.ec2addcount import ec2_add_count
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/customizations/ec2addcount.py", line 16, in <module>
from botocore.parameters import StringParameter
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'botocore.parameters'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
from apport.report import Report
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
import apport.fileutils
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 20, in <module>
import apt
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/aws", line 23, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/bin/aws", line 19, in main
return awscli.clidriver.main()
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/clidriver.py", line 44, in main
driver = create_clidriver()
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/clidriver.py", line 53, in create_clidriver
event_hooks=emitter)
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/plugin.py", line 44, in load_plugins
modules = _import_plugins(plugin_mapping)
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/plugin.py", line 61, in _import_plugins
module = __import__(path, fromlist=[module])
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/handlers.py", line 24, in <module>
from awscli.customizations.ec2addcount import ec2_add_count
File "/usr/share/awscli/awscli/customizations/ec2addcount.py", line 16, in <module>
from botocore.parameters import StringParameter
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'botocore.parameters'
When I try to manually install the boto package it says it's already installed. What could be causing this error? Can anyone suggest a workaround?
1 Answer
The only way I was able to get around this was to use the bundle installer instructions found here:
After installing using those instructions I was finally able to get it running.