AWS Fundamentals Installation Guide (Windows)


Installer Links:

Installation Instruction Links:


Note: 

  • If the version number installed in your device is lower than the version provided in the screenshots, follow the steps below to install the updated version of the applications.
  • If an updated version of the above provided applications are already installed in your device, the following instructions will still work with minor differences in the version of the app you’re shown in the output which should have no impact during the course of the bootcamp.

Google Chrome

Go to the home page

On the home page, click the Download Chrome button.

A popup will show, click the Accept and Install button.

You will be prompted to download an installer after that, you can save the installer in your Downloads folder.

Use the installer

Execute the ChromeSetup.exe file that was downloaded earlier.

If the User Account Control dialog shows up, click Yes.

The installer will download the necessary files to actually install Google Chrome.

After the installation, the Google Chrome window will automatically open.



Git

Use the installer

Execute the downloaded installer.

If the User Account Control dialog shows up, click Yes.

Click Next.

Let the destination location be in C:\Program Files\Git and click Next.

Do not change the default selected components and click Next.

Allow the installer to create a Start Menu folder and click Next.

Do not change the default editor to be used by Git and click Next.

Allow Git to be used in command-line and from 3rd party software then click Next.

Do not change the HTTPS transport backend to be used and click Next.

Do not change the default line ending conversion configuration and click Next.

Do not change the default terminal emulator for Git bash and click Next.

Do not change the configuration of extra options and click Install.

Wait for the installer to finish.

Uncheck View Release Notes and click Next to close the installer window.

Verify installation

To verify installation of Git, press Windows Key + R then type cmd to open a command prompt.

Inside the command prompt, type git –version to output the version of the installed program.


AWS CLI

Use the installer

Execute the downloaded installer.

If the User Account Control dialog shows up, click Yes.

Click Next.

Click the checkbox for “I accept the terms in the License Agreement” and click on Next

Click Next.

Click Install and wait for the installation to finish.

Verify installation

To verify installation of AWS CLI, go to the search menu and type “Git Bash” to open a terminal.

Inside the Git bash, type which aws to output the version of the installed program.


Python

  1. Download Python Installer 
  2. Install Python. Navigate to the “Download” directory from your machine. Double-click on the Python Installer to start installation:

3. Mark the “Add python.exe to PATH” checkbox and hit the below highlighted “Install Now” option to install Python:

Here, you can see we have installed Python successfully on Windows:

4. To verify, start the command prompt via “Startup” menu and check the Python version using the provided command:

If there is another version installed in your machine, use this command:

5. Check also for the current version of PIP

Note: If PIP is not found, proceed with the PIP installation.


PIP

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Check for the current PIP version by typing in the command below in the terminal window:
  1. If the PIP version is outdated, invoke the following command to update PIP:

4. If there is nor PIP installed, proceed with the following steps:

  • Open your web browser and visit https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
  • Right-click on the page and select “Save As” or “Save Page As” 
  • Choose a location in your computer to save the file and click “Save”
  • Open a terminal window, and navigate to the directory where you have saved the “get-pip.py” file.
  • Run the script with the Python interpreter to install PIP:
  • Verify the installation by running the following command:

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