AWS throws the following error: "bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

Question

I'm not aware of anything on my system having changed, but the aws CLI tool has stopped working.

$ aws-bash: /Users/user_name/Library/Python/3.7/bin/aws:/usr/local/opt/python/bin/
python3.7: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

I've tried brew reinstall awscli which is suggested elsewhere, but with no luck.

Solution 1

Option 1

Type

brew uninstall awscli

Then

brew install awscli

update python to 3.9. look in the following post.

If this approach does not work for you, then try :

Option 2

1. Go to https://www.python.org/ and use the GUI installer for your OS

2. pip3 install awscli

Solution 2

Another option would be to look into .bash_profile or .zshrc, look for line that looks like this:

export PATH=/Users/user_name/Library/Python/3.7/bin/:$PATH

Try commenting it first. If it works for you - remove it.

What this line does is prepending the lookup path for binaries, which in turn takes priority over brew installation.

Solution 3

Another solution

# Reinstall awscli using your latest/current Python installation
brew reinstall awscli

# Overwrite the existing /usr/local/bin/aws with the new installation
brew link --overwrite awscli

Solution 4

I solved this issue by reviewing my .bash_profile. There was an old entry which got invalid after updating python.

Just for the case someone also forgot to look the obvious first, like me... ;)

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Comments

[jarmod]

If you edit /Users/user_name/Library/Python/3.7/bin/aws you'll presumably see that its shebang indicates /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.7 which no longer exists (either you deleted it or some automation deleted it).

[kris]

Thanks - but this makes no difference -- even after following the prompts of the install which said to do brew link awscli and brew link --overwrite awscli

[BeeFriedman]

You also need to update to python 3.9. Look in to the post i linked above

[BeeFriedman]

look in the following post as well it says that you have to give permissions to the config file.

[kris]

I only saw the same install command when following that link - what is the specific command to update to python 3.9 please ?

[BeeFriedman]

you could also use the GUI downloader from python.org

[kris]

That did it @CForce99 -- installing python using the Mac installer, and then running pip3 install awscli (which then finally worked) -- THANK YOU !! OH - but now it turns out the aws command I'm using needs the CLI v2 .. I'll follow the instructions it's giving me there and hopefully get to the end...

[Pateta]

Please note that "$" is missing in ":$PATH". This will remove all your path from the current session. Do not put this into bash_profile or similar

[Aleksandr K.]

@Pateta, thank you. Edited answer to fix this.