cd ~/workplace/$USER brazil ws create --name rpdk cd rpdk brazil ws --use -p AWSCloudFormationRPDK # Yes, it uses "live" as main version set cd src/AWSCloudFormationRPDK git checkout Modules # switch to module branch pip install wheel # Not needed if you already have it. python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel pip install ./dist/cloudformation_cli-0.1.14.1-py3-none-any.whl # if you environment is Python2, replace {py3} with {py2} # check installation pip list | grep -i "cloudformation" # what you should expect: cloudformation-cli 0.1.14.1