Installing Ansible Core modules

I have installed the Ansible on a linux machine using the zip file. I am getting following error while running ping:

module ping not found in configured modul
e paths. Additionally, core modules are missing. If this is a checkout, run ‘gi
t submodule update --init --recursive’ to correct this problem

are modules not available in zip file? How can I install the modules without using Git?

Thanks
Ishana

Hi, we do not distribute Ansible in zip format, please look at the following page for installation information http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html