From e358946b98507e8643ad6bb4c89744735d5ff915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sandra McCann Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:56:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update install instructions for pip (#71891) --- docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst index 7e208ecde34..eca7a92a6e3 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst @@ -488,7 +488,11 @@ You can also use "sudo make install". Finding tarballs of tagged releases ----------------------------------- -Packaging Ansible or wanting to build a local package yourself, but don't want to do a git checkout? Tarballs of releases are available on the `Ansible downloads `_ page. +Packaging Ansible or wanting to build a local package yourself, but don't want to do a git checkout? Tarballs of releases are available from ``pypi`` as https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-{{VERSION}}.tar.gz. You can make VERSION a variable in your package managing system that you update in one place whenever you package a new version. Alternately, you can download https://pypi.python.org/project/ansible to get the latest stable release. + +.. note:: + + If you are creating your own Ansible package, you must also download or package ``ansible-base`` as part of your Ansible package. You can download it as https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible-base/ansible-base-{{VERSION}}.tar.gz. These releases are also tagged in the `git repository `_ with the release version.