You can install Ansible quickly in your system with Homebrew( or PIP(Package manager for Python)

Install Ansible with Homebrew

If you are using macOS, then you can use Homebrew.

First, ensure that you have Homebrew installed in your system. Homebrew is a package manager for Mac OS. So if you want to learn more details about it, visit previous post below.

Homebrew package manager for Mac OS and Linux

Run the following commands in your terminal without $ sign.

$ brew update
$ brew install ansible

Checking Ansible version

$ ansible --version

ansible 2.9.7
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/Users/kenanhancer/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /Users/kenanhancer/.pyenv/versions/3.8.2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /Users/kenanhancer/.pyenv/versions/3.8.2/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.8.2 (default, May  6 2020, 12:47:50) [Clang 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.32.59)]

Install Ansible with PIP

Ensure that you have Python and PIP in your system. Check the following page about Python installation.

How to install Python with pyenv version manager

$ pip install ansible

$ ansible --version

Updating Ansible

$ pip install --upgrade ansible

Installing specific Ansible version

$ pip install ansible==2.2.2.0

$ pip install ansible==2.0.1.0