Cannot install awscli in GitHub Action

[patrickpasquini]

Describe the bug

When running the GitHub Action script that executes the command sudo apt-get install awscli, I encounter an error.

Regression Issue

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Expected Behavior

The command is expected to execute normally.

Current Behavior

I am receiving the following error:

Package awscli is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'awscli' has no installation candidate

Reproduction Steps

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        ref: ${{github.ref_name}}
        
    - name: Install AWS CLI
      run: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install awscli

Possible Solution

No response

Additional Information/Context

No response

CLI version used

latest

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

ubuntu-latest

[tim-finnigan]

Thanks for reaching out. The latest Ubuntu runner should have AWS CLI preinstalled on it. (Also for reference please note the supported installation methods for the CLI documented for v1 and v2).

If you want to authenticate to AWS through a GitHub action you can use configure-aws-credentials. Also there is an open feature request for an AWS CLI GitHub action: #4835.

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