Ansible Packages

Ansible releases are packaged and distributed in two packages: ansible-core and ansible. The ansible-core package contains the minimum of the Ansible platform. It includes all the command-line tools, the main components, and the ansible.builtin collection. The ansible community package includes ansible-core plus some additional collections.

Installing an Ansible package

You can choose any of the following ways to install the Ansible community package:

• Install the latest release with our OS package manager for certain Linux distributions.
• Install with pip (the Python package manager).

Ansible core

Ansible core is a command-line tool primarily for developers and users who want to install only the necessary collections.

It contains a minimal amount ...