Ah, I ended up getting a reply on that github thread. The answer is here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#running-from-source
I have submitted PR #55902 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55902> to add that link to the README. Regards, Matt On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 4:07:08 PM UTC+10, Matthew Davis wrote: > > I asked this in github issue #55900 > <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55900> but got directed here. > > I want to contribute to Ansible. > > I have a patch I want to submit. But first I need to run it to make sure > it actually works. > > How can I run Ansible from source? > > The github README and the Contributing to Ansible > <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/how_can_I_help.html#review-and-submit-pull-requests> > > doc pages do not explain how. > > What I tried: > > I looked in `README.rst`, but there are no instructions there. > > I see a `Makefile`, and no `config.sh` or `autoconfig.sh`. So I try just > `make`. > > ``` > ImportError: No module named **packaging.version** > ``` > > I see `requirements.txt`. There is no comment in there or anywhere else > telling me whether that's for python 2 or 3. > > ``` > virtualenv env -p $(which python3) > . ./env/bin/activate > pip install -r requirements.txt > make > ``` > > Same error > > ``` > pip install packaging > make > ``` > > Now that does build. But why is `packaging` not in `requirements.txt`? > > Then I try to find where the build output is. > > ``` > $ find ./ -name ansible | xargs file > ./build/lib/ansible: directory > ./build/scripts-3.6/ansible: Python script, ASCII text executable > ./bin/ansible: Python script, ASCII text executable > ./docs/docsite/js/ansible: directory > ./lib/ansible: directory > ./packaging/macports/sysutils/ansible: directory > ./packaging/port/sysutils/ansible: directory > ./test/integration/targets/ansible: directory > ./test/runner/injector/ansible: symbolic link to python.py > ``` > Then `./bin/ansible --version`. That fails with `ModuleNotFoundError: No > module named 'ansible'` > > Same with `./build/scripts-3.6/ansible --version`. > > I want to contribute, but I just can't figure out how. > > * What dependencies do I need? > * python 2 or 3? > * do I need to run `setup.py` or something to install the output of the > build process into a virtualenv in order to actually test it? > > Thanks, > Matt > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/490b6037-55d1-4658-bc1a-a1b1bd60e467%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
