feat: native installer support for Linux x86-64 (#70)

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
+      - name: Test official installer (pinned version)
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          use-installer: true
+          version: "1.71.0"
+      - if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        run: sam --version | grep -F 1.71.0
+
+      - name: Test official installer (latest version)
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          use-installer: true
+      - if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        run: |
+          version=$(curl https://pypi.org/pypi/aws-sam-cli/json | jq -r .info.version)
+          sam --version | grep -F "$version"
+        shell: bash
+
       # Test latest published version
       - uses: aws-actions/setup-sam@v2
         with:

README.md

@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ The Python interpreter to use for AWS SAM CLI. Defaults to `python` on Windows,
 
 You can use [`actions/setup-python`](https://github.com/actions/setup-python) to automatically set up Python.
 
+### `use-installer`
+
+> **Note**
+>
+> Only supported on Linux x86-64 runners currently.
+
+Set to `true` to install using native installers instead of `pip`. Defaults to `false`.
+
 ## Security
 
 See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#security-disclosures) for more information.

action.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ inputs:
   python:
     description: "The Python interpreter to use for AWS SAM CLI"
     required: false
+  use-installer:
+    description: "Set to true to install using native installers instead of pip"
+    required: false
+    default: false
 runs:
   using: "node16"
   main: "dist/index.js"