steps to install ansible from source

how to install ansible

For anyone who finds this and wants to run a version of ansible that is not full of bugs (which are not edge case bugs i might add) here are the steps you should use on ubuntu. This is specific to trusty, but should be usable with other ubuntu versions by replacing the download URL:

# Make sure we are up to date
/usr/bin/apt-get update

# Download working ansible deb package
wget https://launchpad.net/~ansible/+archive/ubuntu/ansible/+build/8129693/+files/ansible_1.9.4-1ppa~trusty_all.deb -O /tmp/ansible.deb

# Manually install deps
apt-get install -y python-support \
  python-jinja2 \
  python-yaml \
  python-paramiko \
  python-httplib2 \
  python-crypto sshpass

# Install Package
dpkg -i /tmp/ansible.deb

# Remove downloaded package
rm -f /tmp/ansible.deb