# pip docker install **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 2, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407 "2019-10-02T08:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alfredo_De_Luca)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/1 "2019-10-02T08:36:30Z")
Hi all. I have the following… - name: Install pip package: name: python-pip update\_cache: true state: present - name: Install docker libs with pip pip: name: docker state: present executable: pip When I run the playbook the first time it fails with **FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Failed to import the required Python library (Docker SDK for Python: docker (Python \>= 2.7) or docker-py (Python 2.6)) on myhost 's Python /usr/bin/python3. Please read module documentation and install in the appropriate location, for example via `pip install docker` or `pip install docker-py` (Python 2.6). The error was: No module named ‘docker’”}** But if ti runs the second time no issue at all. Any idea why? I thought it was cause it can’t find the path for PIP … but not sure. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Ravi\_Ranjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ravi\_Ranjan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ravi_Ranjan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/2 "2019-10-02T09:59:41Z")
Hi Luca , I have observed the same for our GCP instances where i am running docker on VM . Then, i had to uninstall via “pip uninstall docker” and then re-install it - “pip install docker” . Issues get resolved . Ravi Ranjan ---
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alfredo_De_Luca)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/3 "2019-10-02T13:50:17Z")
Hi Ravi. I ve done that but didn’t work. It seems to have problem finding the package pip rather than the docker library itself. ---
**Author:** ![Ravi\_Ranjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ravi\_Ranjan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ravi_Ranjan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/4 "2019-10-02T15:31:05Z")
After uninstall via “pip uninstall docker” and then use “pip install docker --upgrade” , if that also didnt work - u need to un-install docker-compose as well “pip uninstall docker-compose” , it should work then This issue happened to me last week in production ---
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alfredo_De_Luca)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/5 "2019-10-02T15:37:01Z")
ok thanks I will give it a try cheers ---
**Author:** ![Ravi\_Ranjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ravi\_Ranjan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ravi_Ranjan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/6 "2019-10-02T15:48:18Z")
These steps needs to be done on the remote machine 1. pip uninstall docker2) pip list | grep docker 2. pip uninstall docker-compose 3. pip install docker --upgrade This should work ---
**Author:** ![P\_Varsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@P\_Varsha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P_Varsha)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/7 "2019-10-03T05:52:01Z")
hello, check once from command prompt **_pip install docker_** under the python scripts folder it will work. thanks, varsha ---
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alfredo_De_Luca)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/8 "2019-10-03T17:42:31Z")
still doesn’t work. everything I do the first time doesn’t work and the second time it does… very very weird… ---
**Author:** ![P\_Varsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@P\_Varsha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P_Varsha)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/9 "2019-10-04T05:10:02Z")
can you share the screenshot if is it possible?.i tell u in better way ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/10 "2019-10-04T07:29:37Z")
> still doesn't work. everything I do the first time doesn't work and the second time it does.... > > very very weird... Can you provide OS and release information about the target? Regards         Racke ---
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Alfredo\_De\_Luca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alfredo_De_Luca)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-docker-install/31407/11 "2019-10-04T09:56:25Z")
Hi Stefan. Here is my vagrant file (1…3).each do |i| config.vm.define “iri-0#{i}” do |node| node.vm.box = “ubuntu/bionic64” node.vm.box\_version = “20190918.0.0” node.vm.network “private\_network”, ip: “#{SUBNET}.1#{i}” node.vm.hostname = “imi-0#{i}” node.vm.provider :virtualbox do |v| v.cpus = 3 v.memory = 3072 end end end So basically is Ubuntu Bionic Vm create with Virtualbox Alfredo