# Ansible python interpreter error **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [January 10, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-python-interpreter-error/39538 "2025-01-10T05:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amackwo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/amackwo/32/7170_2.png) [@amackwo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/amackwo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-python-interpreter-error/39538/1 "2025-01-10T05:18:15Z")
Trying to learn ansible and I am following a geerling walkthrough using vagrant boxes. I have the vagrantfile, ansible.cfg file, and inventory all configured. Once I enter any anisble commands (Ex: ansible multi -a “hostname” or ansible -i inventory multi -a "hostname) I recieve the python interpreter error below. Error: [WARNING]: Unhandled error in Python interpreter discovery for host 192.168.56.5: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) [WARNING]: Unhandled error in Python interpreter discovery for host 192.168.56.4: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) [WARNING]: Unhandled error in Python interpreter discovery for host 192.168.56.6: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: SyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined ## [WARNING]: Platform linux on host 192.168.56.5 is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python3, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change the meaning of that path. See [Interpreter Discovery — Ansible Core Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.17/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html) for more information. 192.168.56.5 | FAILED! =\> { “ansible\_facts”: { “discovered\_interpreter\_python”: “/usr/bin/python3” }, “changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “Shared connection to 192.168.56.5 closed.\r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File "/home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736484789.4937925-43933-267253926311016/AnsiballZ\_command.py", line 107, in \r\n \_ansiballz\_main()\r\n File "/home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736484789.4937925-43933-267253926311016/AnsiballZ\_command.py", line 99, in \_ansiballz\_main\r\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\r\n File "/home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736484789.4937925-43933-267253926311016/AnsiballZ\_command.py", line 44, in invoke\_module\r\n from ansible.module\_utils import basic\r\n File "", line 971, in \_find\_and\_load\r\n File "", line 951, in \_find\_and\_load\_unlocked\r\n File "", line 894, in \_find\_spec\r\n File "", line 1157, in find\_spec\r\n File "", line 1131, in \_get\_spec\r\n File "", line 1112, in \_legacy\_get\_spec\r\n File "", line 441, in spec\_from\_loader\r\n File "", line 544, in spec\_from\_file\_location\r\n File "/tmp/ansible\_ansible.legacy.command\_payload\_xmg2662h/ansible\_ansible.legacy.command\_payload.zip/ansible/module\_utils/basic.py", line 5\r\nSyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined\r\n”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1 } An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: SyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined python3 --version = Python 3.12.3 ansible --version = ansible [core 2.17.7] config file = /home/ipvsven/Ansible/geerling/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/home/ipvsven/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /home/ipvsven/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections executable location = /usr/bin/ansible python version = 3.12.3 [GCC 13.2.0] (/usr/bin/python3) jinja version = 3.1.2 libyaml = True ---
**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-python-interpreter-error/39538/2 "2025-01-10T13:50:56Z")
This is the error: > [@amackwo](#): > > SyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined Searching the web for that string returns [this article](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/newer-versions-ansible-dont-work-rhel-8), does that help?