Ubuntu package installation

The best way to install Ansible on a recent release is to add the Ansible PPA for Ubuntu ppa:ansible/ansible (launchpad.net/~ansible/+archive/ubuntu/ansible). This should be added using the following command:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible

Adding a PPA repository requires you to confirm a key server setup. This is accepted by pressing Enter.

We then need to update the package manager cache, also called the system packages index, as follows:

sudo apt update

Finally, we can install Ansible:

sudo apt install ansible