Installing S3CMD tool in your local ubuntu or Amazon Linux Machine

S3CMD tool is used to operate with AWS S3 Bucket. Below are the steps to install s3cmd tool in your local machine.


Step 1: Download the s3cmd tool package.

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/s3tools/files/s3cmd/1.5.0-alpha3/s3cmd-1.5.0-alpha3.tar.gz

Step 2: unzip the downloaded package.
tar xzf s3cmd-1.5.0-alpha3.tar.gz

Step 3: Switch to setup folder.
cd  s3cmd-1.5.0-alpha3/setup

Step 4: Execute the setup.py file.
python setup.py install  // This will install s3cmd tool on your machine.


Step 5: Configuring with one of the s3 bucket.

s3cmd --configure
// This will prompt for Access Key and Secret Key of the bucket.