# Ansible 1.9.0 rc2 is now available

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-0-rc2-is-now-available/17801>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 20, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-0-rc2-is-now-available/17801 "2015-03-20T20:05:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-0-rc2-is-now-available/17801/1 "2015-03-20T20:05:03Z")

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Hi all, we’ve just tagged the rc2 release for 1.9

To test from source, simply clone the git repository (if you haven’t already) and do the following:

$ git checkout v1.9.0-0.2.rc2  
$ . hacking/env-setup

After which time you can run ansible and ansible-playbook like normal. If you’re not familiar with the hacking/env-setup script, please refer to the documentation here:

[http://docs.ansible.com/intro\_installation.html#running-from-source](http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html#running-from-source)

To make a tar ball, RPM or DEB with which to test, do the following:

$ git checkout v1.9.0-0.2.rc2

# for a .tar.gz (output is dist/ansible-1.9.0.tar.gz)

$ make sdist

# for RPMs

$ OFFICIAL=yes make rpm

# for DEBs

$ OFFICIAL=yes make deb

If you discover any errors related to this release candidate, please open a Github issue and be sure to mention which version you’re testing. We will be looking to evaluate the status of this release candidate next Tuesday, March 24th, at which time we will decide if we will cut the final release or if we need to do an rc3 release.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-0-rc2-is-now-available/17801/2 "2015-03-20T20:43:09Z")

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Whoops, forgot to include the submodule update step again. Here is the updated checkout steps:

$ git checkout v1.9.0-0.2.rc2  
$ git submodule update

Be sure to do that whether sourcing the hacking script, or if building a tar/RPM/DEB.