# Failed to ping linux machine having python version 3.5.1

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-ping-linux-machine-having-python-version-3-5-1/21470>\
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**Created:** [May 18, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-ping-linux-machine-having-python-version-3-5-1/21470 "2016-05-18T10:51:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mick\_st\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Mick\_st\_john](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mick_st_john)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-ping-linux-machine-having-python-version-3-5-1/21470/1 "2016-05-18T10:51:37Z")

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I am trying to ping a linux machine having python version 3.5.1+, but I am facing the following error.

ansible -m ping linux1

1.1.1.2 | FAILED! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“failed”: true,  
“msg”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File "//test/log/tmp/ansible-tmp-1463555484.41-81681372152272/ping", line 44, in \r\n import exceptions\r\nImportError: No module named ‘exceptions’\r\n”,  
“parsed”: false  
}

Ansible version of my ansible controller is 2.0.0

When I tried pinging a linux machine having python version 2.7.9, it is working properly.

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**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-ping-linux-machine-having-python-version-3-5-1/21470/2 "2016-05-18T15:03:48Z")

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Hi Mick,

At the moment you’ll need a python 2 installation your linux machine - see the blue boxes here [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro\_installation.html#managed-node-requirements](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_installation.html#managed-node-requirements) - there’s an example of using ‘raw’ to put a python 2 and simplejson on there.

I know the developers are working hard on adding python 3 support but this is going to take a while as ansible still supports managing machines running python 2.4. They’ve actually done loads on python 3 support already, there is a lot of work involved.

Jon