# Configure the AWS CLI on Linux

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**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/configure-the-aws-cli-on-linux/1078 "2019-06-15T16:54:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/configure-the-aws-cli-on-linux/1078/1 "2019-06-15T16:54:09Z")

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Using popOS linux with python 2.7 and 3.7 installed, the sudo pip install awscli command will return an error with “pip not found.” Since python is native on linux, I don’t think this is a question of pip not being installed but rather a security thing? I’ve seen forum responses that using pip outside of a virtual environment is not safe, and perhaps this is why I can’t install the awscli from the linux terminal.

The amazon documentation says that another option is installing the awscli in a virtual environment which I guess means that I would have to do everything in this course within a python virtual environment. If I do this, will it make anything else in the course more challenging?

EDIT: I found out that I must use “sudo apt install” to install the programs. Not sure if this should be updated in the course material or not.

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**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/configure-the-aws-cli-on-linux/1078/2 "2019-06-17T18:20:54Z")

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What was the set of commands you used to install the CLI?

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**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/configure-the-aws-cli-on-linux/1078/3 "2019-06-17T20:11:01Z")

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I used “sudo apt install awscli.” I think apt is preferred for ubuntu-based linux, but my knowledge of this is minimal to say the least.