Install script (and subsequent uses of the aws command) result in error

[luke-e-schaefer]

Describe the bug

After downloading & unzipping, I ran the ./install script and this error popped up: [9282] Cannot open PyInstaller archive from executable (/home/myuser/binaries/aws/dist/aws) or external archive (/home/myuser/binaries/aws/dist/aws.pkg)

It appeared to install, but any subsequent uses of the command aws result in: [9285] Cannot open PyInstaller archive from executable (/usr/local/aws-cli/v2/dist/aws) or external archive (/usr/local/aws-cli/v2/dist/aws.pkg)

which aws -> /usr/local/bin/aws

aws --version -> [9340] Cannot open PyInstaller archive from executable (/usr/local/aws-cli/v2/dist/aws) or external archive (/usr/local/aws-cli/v2/dist/aws.pkg)

Regression Issue

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Expected Behavior

install without that error, be able to use aws command

Current Behavior

aws command does not run

Reproduction Steps

• download aws cli
  curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
  unzip awscliv2.zip
  sudo ./aws/install

• use aws
  aws --version

Possible Solution

No response

Additional Information/Context

I saw someone else report something similar but that did not fix it: #7314

however changing the permissions on the files/directories did not fix the issue

CLI version used

latest

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 (Ootpa) - Linux 4.18.0-553.60.1.el8_10.x86_64

[adev-code]

Hello @luke-e-schaefer, thanks for reaching out. Replicating the installation and checking the CLI Doc for installation, I did not get the same issue. For testing and troubleshooting, could you try:

1. Check file ownership, permissions, and user context to understand why PyInstaller can't access the AWS CLI files:

ls -la /usr/local/aws-cli/v2/dist/
ls -la /usr/local/bin/aws
whoami
id

2. Retrying change ownership:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/aws-cli/
aws --version

or if the above fails, try:
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/aws-cli/v2/dist/
aws --version

3. Re-installing

- Complete removal of aws cli
- Fresh download and install
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

- Apply ownership fix immediately after install
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/aws-cli/

- Test: 
aws --version

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