# Ansible is now available to install via pip

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-is-now-available-to-install-via-pip/12158>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 23, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-is-now-available-to-install-via-pip/12158 "2012-12-23T14:23:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-is-now-available-to-install-via-pip/12158/1 "2012-12-23T14:23:30Z")

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I had received enough requests for ansible to be installable via pip  
that it is now uploaded to PyPi. A cursory test of installing it in  
virtualenv seems to imply it looks ok.

Note that the pip binary tries to install PyCrypto (fireball mode)  
which is \*optional\* and some other things, so this is probably not for  
everyone, and I still recommend running  
it from checkout or installing via RPM/apt/etc package if you don't  
care about those things.

--Michael