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Install EC2 AMI & API Tools in Debian

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Download the zip files for the tools:

```bash
$ wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-api-tools.zip
$ wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-ami-tools.zip


Unzip the tools:

    ```bash
    $ unzip ec2-api-tools.zip
    $ unzip ec2-ami-tools.zip

This will give you some directories with version numbers appended. Put them in a safe place:

```bash
$ mkdir /usr/local/ec2
$ cp -r ec2-ami-tools-1.3-34544/* /usr/local/ec2/
$ cp -r ec2-api-tools-1.3-42584/* /usr/local/ec2/


Install Java:

    ```bash
    $ apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Edit the system-wide profile:

```bash
$ vi /etc/profile


Add the following to the file:

    ```bash
    # EC2 Tools
    export EC2_HOME=/usr/local/ec2
    export PATH=$PATH:$EC2_HOME/bin
    export JAVA_HOME=/usr

When someone logs in, their environment will be ready and raring to go. Users can then issue commands such as:

```bash
$ ec2-describe-instances -K pk-HZF5F4JFK4ZCKLU6FCVW25DQSEHQQ4LH.pem -C cert-HZF5F4JFK4ZCKLU6FCVW25DQSEHQQ4LH.pem