How to Install Ansible on Ubuntu

Опубликовано: 27 Март 2026
на канале: Roger Perkin | Network Automation Consultant

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This How to install ansible on Ubuntu video shows you how to install the IT automation engine that is Ansible onto a Linux host, in this case Ubuntu 16.04 desktop.

Open a terminal and run the command:

sudo apt-get update
Then run the command

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
Now the package is installed you can install Ansible by entering the following command.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
You will need to press ENTER to accept the PPA addition.

Next run the command

sudo apt-get update
Finally to install Ansible run the command

sudo apt-get install ansible
Ansible is now installed and can be verified with the command

ansible --version
At the time of writing the current Ansible version is 2.2.1.0

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