I am having trouble installing ansible-navigator on Raspberry Pi OS–more specifically, I am using the Raspberry Pi OS spin of Q4OS that runs on my Raspberry Pi 5 board.
ansible itself installs fine because it’s in the repos and I can add that fine using apt. Due to ansible-navigator not being installed from those packages (and not being in the repos being used), I decided to follow the officlal docs to install:
https:// docs.ansible. com/projects/ansible/latest/getting_started_ee/setup_environment.html
I initially ran into this with vanilla Raspberry Pi OS but decided to flash my board with Q4OS to rule out anything that stood out with Raspberry Pi OS.
Steps I took which produce same result are:
python -m venv /my/project/dir
source /my/project/dir/activate
/my/project/dir/bin/pip install ansible-navigator
Output from pip install:
lsb_release -a
jumpman@plaything:~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release: 12
Codename: bookworm
ansible --version
jumpman@plaything:~ $ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.18]
config file = None
configured module search path = ['/home/jumpman/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/jumpman/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.11.2 (main, Apr 8 2026, 01:58:00) [GCC 12.2.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True
python -V
jumpman@plaything:~ $ python3 -V
Python 3.11.2
dpkg -l python3*
jumpman@plaything:~ $ dpkg -l python3*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=============================-==========================-============-===============================================================================
ii python3 3.11.2-1 armhf interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)
un python3-aioquic <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-all <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-anyio 3.6.2-1 all Asynchronous compatibility layer (Python 3)
ii python3-apt 2.6.0 armhf Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg
ii python3-argcomplete 2.0.0-1 all bash tab completion for argparse (for Python 3)
ii python3-babel 2.10.3-1 all tools for internationalizing Python applications - Python 3.x
un python3-braceexpand <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-brotli <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-cairo <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-certifi 2022.9.24-1 all root certificates for validating SSL certs and verifying TLS hosts (python3)
ii python3-cffi-backend:armhf 1.15.1-5+b1 armhf Foreign Function Interface for Python 3 calling C code - runtime
un python3-cffi-backend-api-9729 <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-cffi-backend-api-max <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-cffi-backend-api-min <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-chardet 5.1.0+dfsg-2 all Universal Character Encoding Detector (Python3)
ii python3-charset-normalizer 3.0.1-2 all charset, encoding and language detection (Python 3)
ii python3-click 8.1.3-2 all Wrapper around optparse for command line utilities - Python 3.x
un python3-click-threading <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-colorama 0.4.6-2 all Cross-platform colored terminal text in Python - Python 3.x
ii python3-cryptography 38.0.4-3+deb12u1 armhf Python library exposing cryptographic recipes and primitives (Python 3)
un python3-cryptography-vectors <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-cups:armhf 2.0.1-5+b2 armhf Python3 bindings for CUPS
ii python3-cupshelpers 1.5.18-1 all Python utility modules around the CUPS printing system
ii python3-dbus 1.3.2-4+b1 armhf simple interprocess messaging system (Python 3 interface)
un python3-debconf <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-dev <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-distro 1.8.0-1 all Linux OS platform information API
ii python3-distro-info 1.5 all information about distributions' releases (Python 3 module)
ii python3-distutils 3.11.2-3 all distutils package for Python 3.x
un python3-dkim <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-dnspython 2.3.0-1 all DNS toolkit for Python 3
un python3-doc <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-egenix-mxtexttools <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-gdbm <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-gi 3.42.2-3+b1 armhf Python 3 bindings for gobject-introspection libraries
ii python3-gpg 1.18.0-3+b1 armhf Python interface to the GPGME GnuPG encryption library (Python 3)
ii python3-h11 0.14.0-1.1~deb12u1 all Pure-Python, bring-your-own-I/O implementation of HTTP/1.1 (Python 3)
ii python3-h2 4.1.0-4 all Pure-Python3 HTTP/2 State-Machine based protocol implementation in Python
ii python3-hpack 4.0.0-2 all Pure-Python3 HTTP/2 header encoding (HPACK)
ii python3-httpcore 0.16.3-1 all minimal low-level HTTP client
ii python3-httplib2 0.20.4-3 all comprehensive HTTP client library written for Python3
ii python3-httpx 0.23.3-1 all next generation HTTP client
ii python3-hyperframe 6.0.0-1 all Pure-Python3 HTTP/2 framing code
ii python3-idna 3.3-1+deb12u1 all Python IDNA2008 (RFC 5891) handling (Python 3)
un python3-imaging <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-importlib-metadata <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-iptables <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-jinja2 3.1.2-1+deb12u3 all small but fast and easy to use stand-alone template engine
ii python3-jmespath 1.0.1-1 all JSON Matching Expressions (Python 3)
ii python3-kerberos 1.1.14-3.1+b3 armhf GSSAPI interface module - Python 3.x
ii python3-ldb 2:2.6.2+samba4.17.8+dfsg-2 armhf Python 3 bindings for LDB
ii python3-lib2to3 3.11.2-3 all Interactive high-level object-oriented language (lib2to3)
ii python3-libcloud 3.4.1-5 all unified Python interface into the cloud (Python3 version)
ii python3-lockfile 1:0.12.2-2.2 all file locking library for Python — Python 3 library
ii python3-markdown-it 2.1.0-5 all Python port of markdown-it and some its associated plugins
ii python3-markupsafe 2.1.2-1 armhf HTML/XHTML/XML string library
ii python3-mdurl 0.1.2-1 all Python port of the JavaScript mdurl package
un python3-migrate <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-minimal 3.11.2-1 armhf minimal subset of the Python language (default python3 version)
ii python3-netaddr 0.8.0-2 all manipulation of various common network address notations (Python 3)
un python3-notify2 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-ntlm-auth 1.4.0-2 all NTLM low-level Python library
ii python3-olefile 0.46-3 all Python module to read/write MS OLE2 files
un python3-openssl <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-packaging 23.0-1 all core utilities for python3 packages
un python3-paramiko <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-passlib 1.7.4-3 all comprehensive password hashing framework
ii python3-pexpect 4.8.0-4 all Python 3 module for automating interactive applications
ii python3-pil:armhf 9.4.0-1.1+deb12u1 armhf Python Imaging Library (Python3)
un python3-pil.imagetk <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-pillow <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-pip <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-pip-whl 23.0.1+dfsg-1+rpt1 all Python package installer (pip wheel)
ii python3-pkg-resources 66.1.1-1+deb12u2 all Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg_resources
un python3-profiler <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-ptyprocess 0.7.0-5 all Run a subprocess in a pseudo terminal from Python 3
ii python3-pycryptodome 3.11.0+dfsg1-4 armhf cryptographic Python library (Python 3)
ii python3-pygments 2.14.0+dfsg-1 all syntax highlighting package written in Python 3
ii python3-pyparsing 3.0.9-1 all alternative to creating and executing simple grammars - Python 3.x
ii python3-renderpm:armhf 3.6.12-1+deb12u1 armhf python low level render interface
ii python3-reportlab 3.6.12-1+deb12u1 all ReportLab library to create PDF documents using Python3
ii python3-reportlab-accel:armhf 3.6.12-1+deb12u1 armhf C coded extension accelerator for the ReportLab Toolkit
ii python3-requests 2.28.1+dfsg-1 all elegant and simple HTTP library for Python3, built for human beings
ii python3-requests-kerberos 0.12.0-2 all Kerberos/GSSAPI authentication handler for python-requests - Python 3.x
ii python3-requests-ntlm 1.1.0-3 all Adds support for NTLM authentication to the requests library
ii python3-requests-toolbelt 0.10.1-1 all Utility belt for advanced users of python3-requests
ii python3-resolvelib 0.9.0-2 all module to resolve abstract dependencies into concrete ones
ii python3-rfc3986 1.5.0-2 all validating URI references per RFC 3986 - Python 3.x
ii python3-rich 13.3.1-1 all render rich text, tables, progress bars, syntax highlighting, markdown and more
ii python3-selinux 3.4-1+b2 armhf Python3 bindings to SELinux shared libraries
un python3-sense-hat <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-setuptools <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-setuptools-whl 66.1.1-1+deb12u2 all Python Distutils Enhancements (wheel package)
ii python3-simplejson 3.18.3-1 armhf simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python 3.x
ii python3-six 1.16.0-4 all Python 2 and 3 compatibility library
un python3-smbc <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-sniffio 1.2.0-1 all detect which async Python library is in use
un python3-socks <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-spf <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-supported-max <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-supported-min <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-talloc:armhf 2.4.0-f2 armhf hierarchical pool based memory allocator - Python3 bindings
ii python3-tdb 1.4.8-2 armhf Python3 bindings for TDB
un python3-tk <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-toml 0.10.2-1 all library for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language - Python 3.x
un python3-translate <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-trio <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3-typing-extensions <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-tz 2022.7.1-4 all Python3 version of the Olson timezone database
ii python3-urllib3 1.26.12-1+deb12u3 all HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling for Python3
un python3-venv <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-winrm 0.3.0-4+deb12u1 all Python 3 library for Windows Remote Management
un python3-wsgi-intercept <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3-xmltodict 0.13.0-1 all Makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON (Python 3)
ii python3-yaml 6.0-3+b1 armhf YAML parser and emitter for Python3
ii python3.11 3.11.2-6+deb12u7 armhf Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 3.11)
un python3.11-distutils <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3.11-doc <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3.11-lib2to3 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii python3.11-minimal 3.11.2-6+deb12u7 armhf Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.11)
ii python3.11-venv 3.11.2-6+deb12u7 armhf Interactive high-level object-oriented language (pyvenv binary, version 3.11)
un python3.6-2to3 <none> <none> (no description available)
un python3.7-2to3 <none> <none> (no description available)
Running pip list from the venv
Package Version
ansible-runner 2.4.3
attrs 26.1.0
bindep 2.14.0
black 26.5.1
bracex 2.6
cffi 2.0.0
click 8.4.2
distro 1.9.0
filelock 3.29.4
Jinja2 3.1.6
lockfile 0.12.2
MarkupSafe 3.0.3
mypy_extensions 1.1.0
packaging 26.2
Parsley 1.3
pathspec 1.0.4
pbr 7.0.3
pexpect 4.9.0
pip 23.0.1
platformdirs 4.10.0
ptyprocess 0.7.0
pycparser 3.0
python-daemon 3.1.2
pytokens 0.4.1
PyYAML 6.0.3
referencing 0.37.0
resolvelib 1.2.1
rpds-py 2026.5.1
ruamel.yaml 0.19.1
ruamel.yaml.clib 0.2.15
setuptools 66.1.1
subprocess-tee 0.4.2
typing_extensions 4.15.0
tzdata 2026.2
wcmatch 10.1
yamllint 1.38.0
As far as I can tell, the Python I have meets the requirements based on official page:
Requires: Python >=3.10
My only guess right now after trying several things I found on Google is that there is something wrong with the environment or image defaults provided by Raspberry Pi OS. Something is either missing or outdated that looks like is required by ansible-navigator which is causing my install attempt to fail.
Not sure but just a guess. Any clues?
TIA
