aws / aws/amazon-q-developer-cli

Support for Linux to auto update

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Description

### Checks

- [x] I have searched [github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues](https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues?q=) and there are no duplicates of my issue
- [x] I have run `q doctor` in the affected terminal session
- [x] I have run `q restart` and replicated the issue again

### Operating system

Linux 6.8.0-52-generic - Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

### Expected behaviour

Amazon Q should have a way to auto update on the cli or the gui, but there is no such functionality.

At minimum the Amazon Q cli or gui should provide a link to allow users to download the deb if they are on Ubuntu or rpm on RHEL based distros.

Some long term solutions would be:
* Provide a repo for users to download the package from
* Have the gui provide an update mechanism or the cli tool to do this

### Actual behaviour

Amazon q simply tells the user there's a new version and the version number, with no way of downloading it.

### Steps to reproduce

* Install Amazon Q on linux
* Wait for the latest version to show up
* Open terminal and get message
* Open gui and see message about new version with no way to update it

### Environment

```yaml
[q-details]
version = "1.7.0"
hash = "8885a6708f2f07d02d29460a96f9c422da095e49"
date = "2025-03-06T01:07:14.925938Z (12d ago)"
variant = "full"

[system-info]
chip = "11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1185G7 @ 3.00GHz"
total-cores = 4
memory = "15.31 GB"

[system-info.os.linux]
kernel_version = "6.8.0-52-generic"
id = "ubuntu"
name = "Ubuntu"
pretty_name = "Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS"
version_id = "24.04"
version = "24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)"

[environment]
cwd = "/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER"
cli-path = "/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER"
os = "Linux"
shell-path = "/usr/bin/bash"
shell-version = "5.2.21"
terminal = "Terminator"
install-method = "unknown"

[env-vars]
DISPLAY = ":0"
GTK_IM_MODULE = "ibus"
PATH = "/apollo/env/SDETools/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/.local/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/snap/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/.local/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/.toolbox/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/.local/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/.pyenv/bin:/home/ANT.AMAZON.COM/USER/.nodenv/plugins/node-build/bin"
QTERM_SESSION_ID = "07c0c9e19192454cb2abb9a296880592"
QT_IM_MODULE = "ibus"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
Q_TERM = "1.7.0"
SHELL = "/bin/bash"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP = "ubuntu:GNOME"
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP = "ubuntu"
XDG_SESSION_TYPE = "wayland"
XMODIFIERS = "@im=ibus"
```

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