# Failed to install ansible on Ubuntu 14

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-on-ubuntu-14/23071>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [November 22, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-on-ubuntu-14/23071 "2016-11-22T08:00:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Boris\_Modylevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Boris\_Modylevsky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Boris_Modylevsky)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-on-ubuntu-14/23071/1 "2016-11-22T08:00:10Z")

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I am getting an error while installing ansible on Ubuntu 14:

x86\_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DUSE\_\_THREAD -I/usr/include/ffi -I/usr/include/libffi -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c c/\_cffi\_backend.c -o build/temp.linux-x86\_64-2.7/c/\_cffi\_backend.o  
c/\_cffi\_backend.c:2:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

The full error log in the issue details:  
[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/18578](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/18578)

Anyone familiar with it? Any workaround?

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**Author:** ![Trond\_Hindenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-on-ubuntu-14/23071/2 "2016-11-22T23:02:30Z")

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this is how I install Ansible, worked on ubuntu 14.04 last time I checked. See if you’re missing a package?  
[https://gist.github.com/trondhindenes/01cbcd3e3a98ff57fc00cc5fde97545a](https://gist.github.com/trondhindenes/01cbcd3e3a98ff57fc00cc5fde97545a)