ansible.easy_install(3) - Linux man page

Name

easy_install - Installs Python libraries

Description

Installs Python libraries, optionally in a virtualenv

Options

name

A Python library name(required)

virtualenv

an optional virtualenv directory path to install into. If the virtualenv does not exist, it is created automatically."

Notes

Please note that the easy_install module can only install Python libraries. Thus this module is not able to remove libraries. It is generally recommended to use the pip module which you can first install using easy_install.

Also note that virtualenv must be installed on the remote host if the virtualenv parameter is specified.

Examples

Examples from Ansible Playbooks

easy_install: name=pip

easy_install: name=flask virtualenv=/webapps/myapp/venv

Author

Matt Wright

See Also

ansible(1), http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#easy-install