Cant install AWS Session Manager plugin on Linux ubuntu 16.04

Question

Im trying to install AWS Session Manager plugin on my Linux Ubuntu 16.04 environment. But keep getting following error when I use the yum command with rpm file :

sudo yum install -y session-manager-plugin.rpm


Setting up Install Process
Examining session-manager-plugin.rpm: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
Marking session-manager-plugin.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package session-manager-plugin.x86_64 0:1.2.279.0-1 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2)(64bit) for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libc.so.6()(64bit) for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libpthread.so.0()(64bit) for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64 (/session-manager-plugin)
       Requires: libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
Error: Package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64 (/session-manager-plugin)
       Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
Error: Package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64 (/session-manager-plugin)
       Requires: libc.so.6()(64bit)
Error: Package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64 (/session-manager-plugin)
       Requires: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2)(64bit)
Error: Package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64 (/session-manager-plugin)
       Requires: /bin/sh
Error: Package: session-manager-plugin-1.2.279.0-1.x86_64 (/session-manager-plugin)
       Requires: libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Even if I try to install these missing packages it didn't work.

AWS CLI version -> aws-cli/1.20.49. Python version -> Python 3.5.2.

I changed the /usr/bin/yum file's /usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/python2 as well.

Answer 1

Yum is not the right tool for debian based distros (in this case, Ubuntu)

Go to the official site: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-working-with-install-plugin.html

And scroll down until "Install the Session Manager plugin on Ubuntu Server" section.