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OSError when installing ansible with pip in CLI on Windows 10: 'OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory'

The entire output message I get, irrespective of whether I do it with pip or pip3, or in PowerShell or bash, or with or without --user, is:

PS C:\Users\user> pip install ansible --user
Collecting ansible
  Using cached ansible-4.0.0.tar.gz (33.3 MB)
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-i5a881am\\ansible_79b10d1774894f28be88e26c8c0385cb\\ansible_collections/amazon/aws/tests/unit/plugins/modules/placebo_recordings/cloudformation/client_request_token_s3_stack/cloudformation.CreateStack_1.json'
Solution

  • Thanks to @Zeitounator's comment to my OP, I could finally install ansible on Windows10 WSL correctly using this link.

    It is essential to stress here that for achieving this one needs to install bash CLI (or rather Windows10 WSL).