Error: Failed to install provider while installing AWS provider

Question

Here's my provider block

terraform { required_providers { aws = { source = "hashicorp/aws" } } }

Here's the full error message

Error while installing hashicorp/aws v4.12.1: chmod │.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws/4.12.1/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-aws_v4.12.1_x5: operation not permitted

This is my first time trying to run Terraform using WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux) and I've never received this error before when using powershell. Couldn't find any answers or fixes online.

Answer 1

I had the same issue recently. WSL restart helped. Win + R →

 wsl --shutdown