# ansible-2.5.9 install error **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 15, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-9-install-error/32690 "2020-04-15T09:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xiaocui\_Li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/0ea827/32.png) [@Xiaocui\_Li](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xiaocui_Li)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-9-install-error/32690/1 "2020-04-15T09:25:46Z")
```auto I tried to install ansible 2.5.9 on debian9 os：python-2.7 install steps: 1. wget https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/ansible-2.5.9.tar.gz 2. tar zxvf ansible-2.5.9.tar.gz 3. cd ansible-2.5.9.tar.gz 4. python setup.py build 5. python setup.py install it find Best match: Jinja2 3.0.0a1, which need python3. I just need Jinja2 2.8.0. How to solve this problem? ================================================================= Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paramiko-2.7.1-py2.7.egg Searching for jinja2 Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/jinja2/ Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/36/cc/5cd404a00f1b93bc830505c7a78553d9f49f7152c336466fc206790cc26c/Jinja2-3.0.0a1.tar.gz#sha256=c922560ac46888d47384de1dbdc3daaa2ea993af4b26a436dec31fa2c19ec668 Best match: Jinja2 3.0.0a1 Processing Jinja2-3.0.0a1.tar.gz Writing /tmp/easy_install-3fa9kr/Jinja2-3.0.0a1/setup.cfg Running Jinja2-3.0.0a1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-3fa9kr/Jinja2-3.0.0a1/egg-dist-tmp-SDCN31 Traceback (most recent call last): TypeError: 'encoding' is an invalid keyword argument for this function ======================================================================= ``` ---
**Author:** ![Xiaocui\_Li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/0ea827/32.png) [@Xiaocui\_Li](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xiaocui_Li)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-9-install-error/32690/2 "2020-04-15T09:41:43Z")
Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paramiko-2.7.1-py2.7.egg Searching for jinja2 Reading [https://pypi.python.org/simple/jinja2/](https://pypi.python.org/simple/jinja2/) Downloading [https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/36/cc/5cd404a00f1b93bc830505c7a78553d9f49f7152c336466fc206790cc26c/Jinja2-3.0.0a1.tar.gz#sha256=c922560ac46888d47384de1dbdc3daaa2ea993af4b26a436dec31fa2c19ec668](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/36/cc/5cd404a00f1b93bc830505c7a78553d9f49f7152c336466fc206790cc26c/Jinja2-3.0.0a1.tar.gz#sha256=c922560ac46888d47384de1dbdc3daaa2ea993af4b26a436dec31fa2c19ec668) Best match: Jinja2 3.0.0a1 Processing Jinja2-3.0.0a1.tar.gz Writing /tmp/easy\_install-3fa9kr/Jinja2-3.0.0a1/setup.cfg Running Jinja2-3.0.0a1/setup.py -q bdist\_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy\_install-3fa9kr/Jinja2-3.0.0a1/egg-dist-tmp-SDCN31 Traceback (most recent call last): File “setup.py”, line 312, in main() File “setup.py”, line 307, in main setup(\*\*setup\_params) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py”, line 151, in setup dist.run\_commands() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py”, line 953, in run\_commands self.run\_command(cmd) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py”, line 972, in run\_command cmd\_obj.run() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py”, line 67, in run self.do\_egg\_install() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py”, line 117, in do\_egg\_install cmd.run() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 436, in run self.easy\_install(spec, not self.no\_deps) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 680, in easy\_install return self.install\_item(None, spec, tmpdir, deps, True) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 727, in install\_item self.process\_distribution(spec, dist, deps) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 772, in process\_distribution [requirement], self.local\_index, self.easy\_install File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 846, in resolve dist = best[req.key] = env.best\_match(req, ws, installer) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 1118, in best\_match return self.obtain(req, installer) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 1130, in obtain return installer(requirement) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 699, in easy\_install return self.install\_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 725, in install\_item dists = self.install\_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 906, in install\_eggs return self.build\_and\_install(setup\_script, setup\_base) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 1145, in build\_and\_install self.run\_setup(setup\_script, setup\_base, args) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy\_install.py”, line 1131, in run\_setup run\_setup(setup\_script, args) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 258, in run\_setup raise File “/usr/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py”, line 35, in **exit** self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 198, in setup\_context yield File “/usr/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py”, line 35, in **exit** self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 169, in save\_modules saved\_exc.resume() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 144, in resume six.reraise(type, exc, self.\_tb) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 157, in save\_modules yield saved File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 198, in setup\_context yield File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 255, in run\_setup DirectorySandbox(setup\_dir).run(runner) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 285, in run return func() File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 253, in runner \_execfile(setup\_script, ns) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 47, in \_execfile exec(code, globals, locals) File “/tmp/easy\_install-3fa9kr/Jinja2-3.0.0a1/setup.py”, line 6, in import os.path File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py”, line 421, in \_open return \_open(path, mode, \*args, \*\*kw) TypeError: ‘encoding’ is an invalid keyword argument for this function root@pubt1-curve2:~/ansible-2.5.9# exit exit shell returned 1 Press ENTER or type command to continue 在 2020年4月15日星期三 UTC+8下午5:25:46，Xiaocui Li写道： ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-9-install-error/32690/3 "2020-04-15T11:12:43Z")
Hi Use python3 instead of python2. On a related note - what is the reason for installing an unmaintained and EOL version of ansible?