AWS CLI v2 Update Script

A small script to keep the AWS CLI v2 up to date, until AWS figures out how to distribute software properly.

Usage

usage: awscli-update [-h] [--version] [-n] [-q] [--no-sudo] [--prefix PREFIX]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --version        show program's version number and exit
  -n, --noop       only compare versions but don't install
  -q, --quiet      only print error messages when updating
  --sudo           use sudo to install (e.g. when installing to /usr/local)
  --prefix PREFIX  install aws-cli in custom path (default is /usr/local)

Setup

python3 -m pip install awscli-update

Auto update

Linux

Assuming the awscli-update binary is installed in $HOME/.local/bin (check the location on your machine by running which awscli-update), you want to install the AWS CLI in $HOME/.local/bin and you want to check for updates every hour, run crontab -e and add following line

0 * * * * $HOME/.local/bin/awscli-update -q --prefix $HOME/.local

macOS

Assuming the awscli-update binary is installed in /opt/homebrew/bin (check the location on your machine by running which awscli-update), you want to install the AWS CLI in /opt/homebrew/bin and you want to check for updates every hour, run crontab -e and add following line

PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
0 * * * * /opt/homebrew/bin/awscli-update -q --prefix /opt/homebrew

General things

If you want to check for updates more/less often or at specific times, check this editor for cron expressions.

Development

• Create venv (python3 -m venv venv)
• Start venv (source venv/bin/activate)
• Install dependencies (python3 -m pip install setuptools wheel twine versioneer)
• Install requirements (python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt)
• Build local dist (python3 setup.py develop --user)

Deployment

• Build dist (python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel)
• Deploy (twine upload dist/*)