Bug: Using Ubuntu 24.04, how to fix issue with latest installed but OS will not find

[weisisheng]

Description:

Latest version can not be found. Can not use pip install due to design chasnge by ubuntu seen below:

pip install --upgrade aws-sam-cli
error: externally-managed-environment

Steps to reproduce:

Install using steps used in the docs

Have had SAM working | running on system for a few years. Installed latest version without errors. Restarted terminal and computer.

Observed result:

which sam
/home/foobar/.local/bin/sam

sam --version
SAM CLI, version 1.122.0

Expected result:

sam --version

SAM CLI, version 1.132.0

Additional environment details (Ex: Windows, Mac, Amazon Linux etc)

1. OS: ubuntu 24.04
2. sam --version: 1.22
3. AWS region: us-east-1

# Paste the output of `sam --info` here

Add --debug flag to command you are running

[weisisheng]

Grubbed around far and wide on help forums, etc and can not find solution

[roger-zhangg]

Hi @weisisheng thanks for reporting this issue. This error seems related to the way SAM CLI was originally installed. Did you remember how SAM CLI was installed on this machine in the first place?

If it's installed via pip in the first place, you can refer to the doc here and install & update it in a virtual environment to avoid this error

If it's installed by installer, please see upgrading instructions

Let me know if these solves it. Thanks