No official way to install the AWS CLI (v2) on Mac M1 (without Rosetta)

[maishsk]

Describe the bug

There is no package available for M1 Macs for the AWS CLI v2.

The only current way to do so is through Homebrew

the problems are detailed here - https://roadtoaws.com/2022/02/10/installing-aws-cli-on-apple-silicon/

Expected Behavior

Base don the documentation I would assume that I can do this

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2-arm64.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2-arm64.pkg"
sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2-arm64.pkg -target /

Current Behavior

The only way to install AWS is through Homebrew.

This is an unofficial workaround
https://roadtoaws.com/2022/02/10/installing-aws-cli-on-apple-silicon/

Reproduction Steps

https://roadtoaws.com/2022/02/10/installing-aws-cli-on-apple-silicon/

Possible Solution

https://roadtoaws.com/2022/02/10/installing-aws-cli-on-apple-silicon/

or to install Rosetta on a M1 Mac https://support.apple.com/en-il/HT211861

Additional Information/Context

No response

CLI version used

v2

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

M1 Mac

[mahi072]

Hi @maishsk, I would like to contribute in this issue, if its still open.
Please guide me through this.

[tim-finnigan]

Hi @mahi072 thanks for reaching out. We had a related issue recently that I'll link here: #6689. There is also a tracking issue for installing the CLI v2 from source: #6785, and once that ability is fully implemented then it could be an official way to install v2 on M1 Macs without requiring Rosetta. But for now we can consider this a separate feature request to support installation on M1 Macs without requiring Rosetta. Others can 👍 this issue if they are also interested in this.

[BradleyYeo]

you can do it via homebrew: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/awscli

[mahi072]

Sure, I'll have a look on these and come back to you.

[rafrafek]

I installed Rosetta because of this and I don't know how to uninstall Rosetta 😢

Edit:
I removed Rosetta using Recovery mode and then installed AWS CLI v2 using Brew and now it works natively 😎