Space in path name causes installer to fail

[dmacika]

1. Please specify the following:

• OS: Windows

• Shell CMD

• [ ] I have reviewed the troubleshooting tips described here and they do not solve my problem

2. Description The bundled installer is failing on my system due to a space in the path name.

c:\My Git Files>.\aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setup\scripts\bundled_installer

c:\My Git Files>Powershell.exe -executionpolicy remotesigned -File "c:\My Git Files\aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setup\scripts\\bundled_installer.ps1"

==============================================
I. Installing Python
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C:\My : The term 'C:\My' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function,
script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ C:\My Git Files\aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\My:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Exiting due to failure

[rahulrajaram]

Hi @dmacika , sorry for the late response and thanks for bringing this up.

In the meantime, the alternative is to install Python manually from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ and to run:

python .\scripts\ebcli_installer.py

[Ravindrakumara]

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3. Installing Python. Do not close this window.

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Installing Python. Do not close this window. Cannot convert value to type System.String. At C:\Windows\System32\aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setup\scripts\install-python.ps1:57 char:9

•     Write-Host "Installation failed with exit code $install.ExitC ...
  

•     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidCastFromAnyTypeToString

Exiting due to failure

[devinrobbins]

As another workaround, you can copy the "aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setup" install path into a new directory that does not include a space in it and the bundled install will function properly.