# Ansible installation issue - Makefile

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-installation-issue-makefile/27069>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware, ansible-project, ubuntu\
**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-installation-issue-makefile/27069 "2018-03-21T18:55:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Olsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andreas\_Olsson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Olsson)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-installation-issue-makefile/27069/1 "2018-03-21T18:55:59Z")

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ons 2018-03-21 klockan 06:40 -0700 skrev Camille Beaudou:

> I'm trying to install Ansible on a Ubuntu 16.04 VM (VMWare). I'm  
> following the install instruction on Ansible website, however when  
> executing the command "make rpm", i get the following error message  
> ...

How did you end up at those install instructions?

For an Ubuntu 16.04 system, unless you have any special requirements,  
you are likely best of installing from the Ansible PPA.

&nbsp;&nbsp;[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro\_installation.html#latest-releases-via-apt-ubuntu](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_installation.html#latest-releases-via-apt-ubuntu)

// Andreas