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Practical Ansible 2
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Practical Ansible 2

by Daniel Oh, James Freeman, Fabio Alessandro Locati
June 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
410 pages
9h 52m
English
Packt Publishing
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Installing Ansible on macOS

In this section, you will learn how to install Ansible on macOS. The easiest installation method is to use Homebrew, but you could also use the Python package manager. Let's get started by installing Homebrew, which is a fast and convenient package management solution for macOS.

If you don't already have Homebrew installed on macOS, you can easily install it as detailed here:

  • Installing Homebrew: Normally the two commands shown here are all that is required to install Homebrew on macOS:
$ xcode-select --install$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

If you have already installed the Xcode command-line tools for another purpose, you might see the following error ...

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