# problem with installing ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-installing-ansible/21447>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 16, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-installing-ansible/21447 "2016-05-16T13:05:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mahyar\_Damavand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Mahyar\_Damavand](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mahyar_Damavand)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-installing-ansible/21447/1 "2016-05-16T13:05:27Z")

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Hi,  
unfortunately I can’t install ansible using pip:  
sudo pip install git+https://github.com/edx/ansible.git@stable-1.9.3-rc1-edx#egg=ansible==1.9.3-edx

I dont know why but cloning did not finished after about an hour.  
Collecting ansible==1.9.3-edx from git+https://github.com/edx/ansible.git@stable-1.9.3-rc1-edx#egg=ansible==1.9.3-edx  
Cloning [https://github.com/edx/ansible.git](https://github.com/edx/ansible.git) (to stable-1.9.3-rc1-edx) to /tmp/pip-build-cOVoEc/ansible … and the screen stop

Perhaps because of a certificate error

I tried to download the specific version from Github and then installing it.  
pip install ~/ansible-stable-1.9.3-rc1-edx.zip

I succeed but when i try the next command  
sudo ansible-playbook -c local ./edx\_sandbox.yml -i “localhost,”

ERROR: command is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler

Is there any way for me to install Open Edx ?

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**Author:** ![Duncan\_Hutty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Duncan\_Hutty](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Duncan_Hutty)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-installing-ansible/21447/2 "2016-05-16T18:16:57Z")

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You could test whether this is in fact a certificate problem by using:

pip --trusted-host github.com

or alternatively by cloning the repository by hand, checking out the desired tag/release/sha and having pip install from the local directory:

git clone git+[https://github.com/edx/ansible.git](https://github.com/edx/ansible.git)  
git checkout [https://github.com/edx/ansible/tree/stable-1.9.3-rc1-edx](https://github.com/edx/ansible/tree/stable-1.9.3-rc1-edx)  
pip install ./ansible

Hopefully this helps you, but this not really a problem with Ansible.