Aws-sam-cli: sam --version doesn't work

[yzhao1216]

Description:
I am using python 2.7 in Windows
I did pip install --user aws-sam-cli, and then I do pip list, I can see aws-sam-cli has version 0.3.0.
However, when I do sam --version in cmd, I got:
_'sam' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file._
I think it is environment variable path issue, but I don't know which path to put there.
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[sanathkr]

You should be setting the PATH in your machine to the installation of SAM CLI. See https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sam-cli#general-issues

Feel free to re-open if this doesn't work

[cristiean]

sanathkr, could you please shed some light on how to set the PATH to the installation of SAM CLI? the sentence "in Windows systems the command py -m site --user-site typically print %APPDATA%\Roaming\Python\site-packages, so you'll need to remove the last \site-packages folder and replace it with the \Scripts one." is not really helpful to me.

I tried adding the path in my environment variables. Didn't work

I tried running these commands in my Windows Command Prompt. Didn't work
`# Find your Python User Base path (where Python --user will install packages/scripts)
$ USER_BASE_PATH=$(python -m site --user-base)

# Update your preferred shell configuration
## Standard bash --> ~/.bash_profile
## ZSH --> ~/.zshrc
$ export PATH=$PATH:$USER_BASE_PATH/bin`

Am I doing something wrong?

EDIT: [SOLVED] When I added the path "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\Scripts", I haven't actually changed the "User" to my username. Very silly and very painful.

[markthegrea]

If I may be so bold, where is SAM CLI installed at?

I seem to already have the python/scripts folder in my path but still get a

'sam' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

when trying the --version.

EDIT: [SOLVED] Found it here: C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSSAMCLI\runtime\Scripts\sam.exe

[dpmott]

For me, it's at /c/Program\ Files/Amazon/AWSSAMCLI/bin/sam.cmd (or c:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSSAMCLI\bin\sam.cmd, if you're using that filespec)

(I do have the file that @markthegrea mentions, but executing it yields "failed to create process". I installed sam via instructions and the windows installer at: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-sam-cli-install-windows.html)

I'm currently having the issue that Git Bash doesn't seem to natively know how to find executables with a ".cmd" file extension, even if they are in the path. :/

[forgivegod]

I'm currently having the issue that Git Bash doesn't seem to natively know how to find executables with a ".cmd" file extension, even if they are in the path. :/

create an alias,

$ alias sam='sam.cmd'