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+#!/bin/bash -x
+# required to start loading IIAB with ansible
+set -e
+FOUND=""
+URL="NA"
+if [ $(which ansible-playbook) ]; then
+    echo "Ansible installed exiting..."
+    exit 0
+fi
+echo "Installing --- Please Wait"
+if [ -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then
+    VER=`grep VERSION_ID /etc/*elease | cut -d= -f2`
+    URL=https://github.com/jvonau/iiab/blob/ansible/vars/fedora-$VER.yml
+    dnf -y upgrade
+    dnf -y install ansible git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
+    dnf -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+    FOUND="yes"
+    FAMILY="redhat"
+fi
+if [ -f /etc/centos-release ]; then
+    yum -y upgrade
+    yum -y install ca-certificates nss epel-release
+    yum -y install ansible git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
+    yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+    FOUND="yes"
+    FAMILY="redhat"
+fi
+if [ -f /etc/olpc-release ]; then
+    yum -y upgrade
+    yum -y install ca-certificates nss
+    yum -y install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
+    yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel #EOL just do it
+    FOUND="yes"
+    FAMILY="debian"
+fi
+
+if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
+    echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu trusty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+#    apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
+#    apt-get update
+#    apt-get install ansible git python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+    apt-get install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
+    FOUND="yes"
+    FAMILY="debian"
+fi
+if [ `grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release` ] ||  [ `grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release` ]; then
+    apt-get update
+#    apt-get install software-properties-common
+#    apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
+#    apt-get update
+#    apt-get install ansible git python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+    apt-get install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
+    FOUND="yes"
+    FAMILY="debian"
+fi
+if [ `grep -qi raspbian /etc/*elease` ]; then
+    apt-get update
+#    apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
+#    apt-get update
+#    apt-get install ansible git python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+    apt-get install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
+    FOUND="yes"
+    FAMILY="debian"
+fi
+
+if [ ! $FOUND = "yes" ]; then
+    echo 'WARN: Could not detect distro or distro unsupported'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# ansible-2.3.1.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm from 2017-06-01
+if [ $FAMILY = "redhat" ]; then
+    VER=`ansible --version|head -n 1|cut -f 2 -d " "` #(returns 2.3.1.0) 2017-07-07
+    echo "ansible version installed via package manager $VER"
+    # rpm -e ansible
+fi
+
+### start pip isolation
+if [ $FAMILY = "debian" ]; then
+    apt-get install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+fi
+###
+
+###
+#pip upgrades here if needed
+###
+
+# latest 2.2 is 2.2.3.0 2017-07-07
+if [ $FAMILY = "debian" ]; then
+    echo 'WARN: Trying to install ansible via pip without some dependencies'
+    echo 'WARN: Not all functionality of ansible may be available'
+    pip install ansible==2.3.1 --disable-pip-version-check
+fi
+mkdir -p /etc/ansible/
+echo -e '[local]\nlocalhost\n' > /etc/ansible/hosts
+
+### end ansible routine