# Error RHEL 5.5

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-rhel-5-5/18200>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** rhel\
**Created:** [May 10, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-rhel-5-5/18200 "2015-05-10T15:00:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![stenioc1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@stenioc1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/stenioc1)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-rhel-5-5/18200/1 "2015-05-10T15:00:46Z")

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Hi,

I have a problem, after I install following the howto (No known installation error):

$ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git --recursive  
$ cd ./ansible  
$ make rpm  
$ sudo rpm -Uvh ./rpmbuild/ansible-\*.noarch.rpm

I run the command \< ansible localhost -m ping \>, and display this error:

[root@sever ansible]# ansible localhost -m ping  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/usr/local/scripts/ansible/bin/ansible”, line 36, in ?  
from ansible.runner import Runner  
File “/usr/local/scripts/ansible/lib/ansible/runner/ **init**.py”, line 36, in ?  
import ansible.constants as C  
File “/usr/local/scripts/ansible/lib/ansible/constants.py”, line 76  
except ConfigParser.Error as e:  
^  
SyntaxError: invalid syntax  
[root@sever ansible]#

Can you help me?

Best regards

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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Tirloni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Giovanni\_Tirloni](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Giovanni_Tirloni)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-rhel-5-5/18200/2 "2015-05-10T20:59:19Z")

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It appears you need a more recent version of Python on the control  
machine.

[http://docs.ansible.com/intro\_installation.html](http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html)

Giovanni

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**Author:** ![Randy\_Bush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3be4f8/32.png) [@Randy\_Bush](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Randy_Bush)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-rhel-5-5/18200/3 "2015-05-11T00:59:55Z")

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mac, yosemite, ...

i installed ansible with homebrew. is it safe to

$ brew remove ansible  
$ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git --recursive  
$ cd ./ansible  
$ make  
$ make install

randy

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-rhel-5-5/18200/4 "2015-05-11T13:48:40Z")

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python 2.6+ is required for the control machine, 2.4 (+json lib) for targets