Install Ansible using cygwin

Question

How do Install ansible using Cygwin on windows?

Answer 1

Follow these steps to install ansible using cygwin:

• Download Cygwin
• Run the cygwin installation file
• Select download source as "Select from Internet"
• Set a root directory where you would like your application installed
• Select a directory where you would like to install your cygwin packages
• Select Direct connection if you're not using proxy.
• Select a mirror to download your packages
• Packages available for installation will be shown, select their default packages and select next
• The same for dependencies
• Double-click on cygwin64 terminal icon
• Execute these commands:

alias cyg-get="/cygdrive/d/path/to/cygwin/setup-x86_64.exe -q -P"
curl cygwin32-gcc-g++ 
gcc-core gcc-g++ git libffi-devel nano openssl openssl-devel python-crypto python2 python2-devel python2-openssl python2-pip python2-setuptools tree
pip install ansible

And tada, you're ready to use ansible. Hope it helps:)

Comments

its not curl , use cyg-get gcc-g++ .....