To get it done, I'll paste the curl command from the Amazon page into my Linux shell that'll download the package and write it to a local zip file, which I'll then unzip. I'm working with Linux so that's where I'd head next. Right now they're pushing us towards version 2 of the CLI and I haven't seen any reason not to go along. The best way to get it done is to head over to the AWS installation guide and follow instructions for your OS. Installing the AWS CLI is actually quite simple.
How to get exactly the account and environment information you need to manage your AWS account using just the AWS CLI
