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The pip method

The second method, pip, is a more traditional approach to installing and configuring a Python package.

pip is a package manager for Python software. It is a recursive acronym for pip install packages. It is a good frontend for installing packages from the Python Package Index (PyPI). You can find the index at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/.

Depending on what you have installed on your machine, you may have to install pip. To do this, run the following command:

$ easy_install pip

This will install pip using the easy_install installer, which ships with macOS by default. Once installed, you can install Ansible by running the following command:

$ sudo -H pip install ansible

You will be prompted for your password, as we are using ...