.. _builder_installation: Installation ============ .. contents:: :local: Requirements ************ - To build images, you must install a containerization tool - either ``podman`` or ``docker`` - as well as the ``ansible-builder`` Python package. - The ``--container-runtime`` option must correspond to the containerization tool you use. - ``ansible-builder`` version ``3.x`` requires Python ``3.9`` or higher. Install from PyPI ***************** .. code-block:: shell $ pip install ansible-builder Install from Source ******************* To install from the mainline development branch: .. code-block:: shell $ pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/archive/devel.zip To install from a specific tag or branch, replace :code:`` in the following example: .. code-block:: shell $ pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/archive/.zip