How to install Ansible in the latest Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside ubuntu 20.04 with the distribution tools.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 20.04
Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 20.04?
We’re going to see the easy way to install and maintain Ansible inside Ubuntu with the distribution tools.
We are going to see how to install Ansible in two different ways.
The first method to install Ansible is using the universe repository, the default that you get after installation.
The main advantage of using the universe repository is that you don’t require any external repository.
And the second method to install Ansible is using the PPA repository. Please bear in mind that adding additional repositories have different quality assurance of software.
Playbook
Are you ready to make your hands dirty?
Let’s jump in a quick live Playbook of how to install Ansible in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with universe and PPA.
code Universe
``bash
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ansible
`
code PPA
`bash
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt remove ansible
sudo apt install ansible-base
``
[code with ❤️ in GitHub](https://github.com/lucab85/ansible-pilot/tree/master/install%20Ubuntu%2020.04)
Conclusion
Now you know how to install ansible using universe and PPA repositories in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.