Linux install instructions hard-coded to amd64

[tom-haines]

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• I am reporting the documentation problem for the current version of Azure CLI.

Azure CLI version being used

n/a

Link to affected document

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux

Description of the documentation error

Under: Option 2 (step by step), part 3, "add the Azure CLI software repository":

Issue: the bash script assumes the architecture is amd64, which leads to installing incorrect/useless software without error.

Currently:

AZ_REPO=$(lsb_release -cs)
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ $AZ_REPO main" |
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list

Suggested fix

you could use dpkg --print-architecture to fix (at least it will have error if arch not supported by azure cli)

AZ_REPO=$(lsb_release -cs)
echo "deb [arch=`dpkg --print-architecture`] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ $AZ_REPO main" |
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list

This will then print

deb [arch=arm64] https://packages.......
or
deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.......

[RamanathanChinnappan-MSFT]

@tom-haines

Thanks for your feedback! We will investigate and update as appropriate.

It would be great if you could add a link to the documentation you are following for these steps? This would help us redirect the issue to the appropriate team. Thanks!!

[tom-haines]

It is in the description under "Link to affected document":
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux

Also, the embedded version of python installed is incorrect under arm64; I had to manually replace python3 binaries. A simpler option may be to depend on python3 package via the package manager (as you do for libc for example).

[RamanathanChinnappan-MSFT]

@KranthiPakala-MSFT

Please check this case

[RamanathanChinnappan-MSFT]

@tom-haines

Thanks for your feedback! We have assigned the issue to author and will provide further updates.

[ChaseCrum]

Agree with @tom-haines : submitted pull request to change arch to current arch as submitted. will close when pull request is approved

[ChaseCrum]

This was resolved per suggestion