# Error while trying to install ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-trying-to-install-ansible/12174>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 31, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-trying-to-install-ansible/12174 "2012-12-31T07:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![yarlagadda\_ramya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f17d59/32.png) [@yarlagadda\_ramya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yarlagadda_ramya)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-trying-to-install-ansible/12174/1 "2012-12-31T07:22:58Z")

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After this step, am getting an error while trying to install ansible.

[oracle@TCS-PERF-TEST-DB01 ansible]$ ansible all -m ping --ask-pass  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/home/oracle/ansible/ansible/bin/ansible”, line 25, in ?  
from ansible.runner import Runner  
File “/home/oracle/ansible/ansible/lib/ansible/runner/ **init**.py”, line 530  
with open(in\_path) as f:  
^  
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Can some one pls help me with this. plase let me know why am i gtting this error.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hokka\_Zakriss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Daniel\_Hokka\_Zakriss](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Hokka_Zakriss)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-trying-to-install-ansible/12174/2 "2012-12-31T11:45:14Z")

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yarlagadda ramya wrote:

> After this step, am getting an error while trying to install ansible.
> 
> [oracle@TCS-PERF-TEST-DB01 ansible]$ ansible all -m ping --ask-pass  
> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;File "/home/oracle/ansible/ansible/bin/ansible", line 25, in ?  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from ansible.runner import Runner  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;File "/home/oracle/ansible/ansible/lib/ansible/runner/\_\_init\_\_.py", line  
> 530  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with open(in\_path) as f:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;^  
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> Can some one pls help me with this. plase let me know why am i gtting this  
> error.

You need Python 2.6 - 2.7 to run ansible.

Daniel

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca1)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-trying-to-install-ansible/12174/3 "2012-12-31T14:11:21Z")

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What version of python are you using?

Brian Coca