# What is recommended version???

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479 "2018-05-08T08:34:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lee\_Drew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Lee\_Drew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lee_Drew)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479/1 "2018-05-08T08:34:45Z")

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Hi - I’m completely new to Ansible (and not too familiar with Linux). What is the recommended Ansible version?

If I download via apt-get or pip by default it is downloading the latest version (2.5.2) - isn’t this a dev version?

Is it recommended to specify and download 2.4?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Stephen\_John\_Smoogen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Stephen\_John\_Smoogen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_John_Smoogen)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479/2 "2018-05-08T14:19:43Z")

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I am guessing you are thinking that ansible uses the very old Linux  
kernel model where a release X.Y is denoted as development if Y is odd  
and production if it is even. I do not think Ansible has ever followed  
that model and the Linux kernel hasn't followed it in 6 years.

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**Author:** ![Tchia04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@Tchia04](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tchia04)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479/3 "2018-05-08T16:41:36Z")

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2.5.x is the latest stable version. It is not a dev version. It’s best to use the latest version when starting out

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**Author:** ![Lee\_Drew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Lee\_Drew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lee_Drew)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479/4 "2018-05-08T20:13:46Z")

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I was just going off the following link…

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/release\_and\_maintenance.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/release_and_maintenance.html)

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**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479/5 "2018-05-08T20:28:24Z")

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That link is specifically for the docs of the 2.4 version. To always get the latest docs, change 2.4 to latest like so [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/release\_and\_maintenance.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html).

Thanks

Jordan

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**Author:** ![Lee\_Drew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Lee\_Drew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lee_Drew)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479/6 "2018-05-08T20:38:55Z")

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Thanks Jordan - nice one. I went off the first Google hit which happened to be 2.4 🙂

Cheers for your help.

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**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479/7 "2018-05-08T21:52:04Z")

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The docs side is somewhat new so some pages in Google might be pointed towards older versions. Making sure the URL is set to latest will always be the latest version while setting to devel will point to the current devel version.

Thanks

Jordan