Ansible - pip not found - ansible

Question

I am getting this error:
TASK [pip] *********************************************************************
failed: [default] (item=urllib3) =>
{"changed": false, "item": "urllib3",
"msg": "Unable to find any of pip2, pip to use. pip needs to be installed."}
Upon a suggestion I run following command:
ansible default -a "which pip"
I get an error:
default | FAILED | rc=1 >>
non-zero return code
So I guess that means no pip installed. I tried installing pip using:
ansible default -a "easy_install pip"
I get the following error:
default | FAILED | rc=2 >>
[Errno 2] No such file or directory
Any ideas?
UPDATE
In play_local.yaml, I have the following task:
- name: Prepare system
hosts: default
become: yes
gather_facts: false
pre_tasks:
- raw: sudo apt-get -y install python python-setuptools python-pip build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev easyinstall pip
- file: path=/etc/sudoers.d/ssh-auth-sock state=touch mode=0440
#- lineinfile: line='Defaults env_keep += "SSH_AUTH_SOCK"' path=/etc/sudoers.d/ssh-auth-sock
- replace:
path: /etc/apt/sources.list
regexp: 'br.'
replace: ''
Shouldn't this task install pip?

Answer 1

Seems like pip is not installed, you can use the following task to install it:
- name: Install pip
apt:
name: python-pip
update_cache: yes
state: present

Answer 2

May be pip is hashed. Meaning pip is installed at path x (may be /usr/local/bin/pip), however, cached at path y (may be /usr/bin/pip). You can confirm that from - ansible default -m shell -a ‘type pip’. To resolve this you’ll need to run - ansible default -m shell -a ‘hash -r’.
BTW, you can also use command module instead of shell.

Answer 3

I've just met the same problem on a brand new CentOS 7. Solved through installing setuptools with yum first and then pip with easy_install as below :
ansible default -b -m yum -a "name=python-setuptools state=present"
ansible default -b -m easy_install -a "name=pip state=present"

Answer 4

For Debian Based systems (RUN THIS ON CLIENT SYSTEMS):
first install package python-is-python3 then add alias for pip echo alias pip=pip3 >> ~/.bashrc
I know my solution would be dumb but It works.
# pip-fix.yml
- name: pip fix
hosts: all
become: true
tasks:
- name: install python-is-python3
apt: name=python-is-python3 update_cache=yes state=present
- name: creating alias
shell: echo alias pip=pip3 >> ~/.bashrc
- name: test and upgrade pip
pip: name=pip state=latest
tags:
- packages
run using ansible-playbook pip-fix.yml

Answer 5

Ansible Not finding / Installing Pip
While not using the author's original details, i think this might help them or others.
I was getting the following error for installing pip:
via Ansible:
FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": "/bin/easy_install --upgrade pip", "failed": true, "msg": "Couldn't find index page for 'pip' (maybe misspelled?)
directly on the host:
Searching for pip
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Couldn't find index page for 'pip' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/
No local packages or download links found for pip
error: Could not find suitable distribution for
Requirement.parse('pip')
I attempted to use the above hash -r answer:
(NOTE: help hash... hash -r == forget all remembered locations)
- name: forget easy_install path
shell: hash -r
become: true
however this was not a solve for me.
I found via another post: 'pip install' fails for every package ("Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement") that this was the final fix:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python
or
- name: manually install pip
shell: curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py | python
become: true
NOTE: i changed the pip version. Also, there is a better way to do a curl in ansible, this is simply an example
I then followed with the easy_install pip latest. to ensure it was up to date.

Answer 6

below fix worked for me
#ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip