Aws-sam-cli: exec: "aws": executable file not found in $PATH

[djake]

When running sam package I get exec: "aws": executable file not found in $PATH.

$ command -v aws
/Users/<username>/Library/Python/3.6/bin/aws

Invoking aws directly seems to work as expected.
Globally installed on a Mac (with nvm).

Please let me know if you have any ideas or if I can provide additional information.

[PaulMaddox]

Hi @djake. I'm not sure what will be causing this, and can't replicate it on OSX here.

The code responsible is super simple, and just uses Go's stdlib for executing binaries.

It should respect the $PATH on your system, and find the AWS command there.

See:
https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sam-local/blob/develop/package.go

[sanathkr]

Closing this because this has no repro. Please open if you are still blocked or need any help.

[kpapagno]

I had the exact same issue, with the same symptoms. I was able to resolve by doing a pip uninstall awscli, then I did a brew update, then brew install awscli and the problem was resolved

[djake]

@kpapagno Thanks for posting that! And @PaulMaddox sorry for my lack of follow up...moved along to other things, but I thank you for the quick response.

[expertcoder]

I am having the same problem, I have detailed my problem here. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49212796/unusual-installation-of-aws-cli

It might not even be an issue with sam, I will continue to look into this can get back to you

[abhimanyuNitSri]

I had the exact same issue, with the same symptoms. I was able to resolve by doing a pip uninstall awscli, then I did a brew update, then brew install awscli and the problem was resolved

It worked for me just that I had to brew link --overwrite awscli to link the awscli installed by the brew