# Error on Lion 10.8/Python 3.3/ Install

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-lion-10-8-python-3-3-install/12934>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 10, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-lion-10-8-python-3-3-install/12934 "2013-06-10T16:19:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marcelo\_Costa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@Marcelo\_Costa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcelo_Costa)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-lion-10-8-python-3-3-install/12934/1 "2013-06-10T16:19:05Z")

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Hi folks,

Im trying install Ansible in my Mac with Lion 10.8 and after do all configurations from:

[http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/gettingstarted.html](http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/gettingstarted.html)

My terminal show the next message:

$ ansible all -m ping --ask-pass  
File “/ansible/bin/ansible”, line 162  
except errors.AnsibleError, e:  
^  
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Any tips?

My system is:

Mac OS X Lion 10.8.x, Python 3.3

Marcelo Costa

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**Author:** ![Maykel\_Moya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Maykel\_Moya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Maykel_Moya)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-lion-10-8-python-3-3-install/12934/2 "2013-06-10T17:18:24Z")

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Hello Marcelo

> Mac OS X Lion 10.8.x, Python 3.3

Ansible requires python2. Please read second note in  
[http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/gettingstarted.html](http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/gettingstarted.html) to integrate to a  
local python2 installation.

Regards,  
maykel