Ansible fails with /bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/python: not found

Question

I\'m running into an error I\'ve never seen before. Here is the command and the error:

$ ansible-playbook create_api.yml

PLAY [straw] **********************         


        

Answer 1

You can indicate to Ubuntu 18.04 that you want to use python3 as the the first priority for /usr/bin/python.

- hosts: all
  become: true
  pre_tasks:
    - raw: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 1