Unable to Run AWS CLI: "ImportError: cannot import name shlex_quote"

kev picture kev · Dec 9, 2014 · Viewed 27.4k times · Source

I'm getting the following error when I tried running AWS CLI. I've tried installing six, but it still didn't work.

Can someone advise me what's wrong?

I have never managed to run AWS CLI on this computer before.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/aws", line 23, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/local/bin/aws", line 19, in main
    return awscli.clidriver.main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/awscli/clidriver.py", line 49, in main
    driver = create_clidriver()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/awscli/clidriver.py", line 58, in create_clidriver
    event_hooks=emitter)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/awscli/plugin.py", line 44, in load_plugins
    modules = _import_plugins(plugin_mapping)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/awscli/plugin.py", line 61, in _import_plugins
    module = __import__(path, fromlist=[module])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/awscli/handlers.py", line 61, in <module>
    from awscli.customizations.opsworks import initialize as opsworks_init
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/awscli/customizations/opsworks.py", line 24, in <module>
    from six.moves import shlex_quote
ImportError: cannot import name shlex_quote

Answer

KTR picture KTR · Dec 9, 2014

AWSCLI 1.6.7 is broken. (I am on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS)

sudo pip install awscli==1.6.6