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I'm following this document to install ansible: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-ansible-on-ubuntu-14-04

I'm try to add ansible to my ubuntu repositories list but this is what happens: 

me@mydev:~/Documents$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~ansible/ubuntu/ansible'.
ERROR: '~ansible' user or team does not exist.
me@mydev:~/Documents$

I've also tried to just clone the repo (following these instructions: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_installation.html) But that fails with the following: 

me@mydev:~/Documents/ansible$ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git --recursive
Cloning into 'ansible'...
fatal: unable to connect to github.com:
github.com[0: 192.30.252.131]: errno=Connection timed out

me@mydev:~/Documents/ansible$ ping 192.30.252.131
PING 192.30.252.131 (192.30.252.131) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.30.252.131: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=23.4 ms
64 bytes from 192.30.252.131: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=23.5 ms
^C
--- 192.30.252.131 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 23.466/23.511/23.557/0.159 ms
me@mydev:~/Documents/ansible$

As you can see, I'm getting a connection timeout error. I tried pinging the server and it seems to be able to communicate with my box. Not sure what else I could try.

thanks.

EDIT 1

I am behind a proxy. I ran this command to identify my proxy server: 

me@mydev:~/Documents/ansible$ export http_proxy=http://10.20.30.40:8080

and then to test, I ran: 

sudo apt-get update

and it ran fine.

Happydevdays
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I added the -E switch to my sudo command and it worked. Try:

sudo -E apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible

This moves (or copies) your environment variables, including http_proxy into the sudo context.

muru
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Batandwa
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Either there was a problem on the launchpad or you are having connection problems. It added without a problem: 

$sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
[sudo] password for rinzwind: 
 Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy. Avoid writing scripts or custom code to deploy and update your applications— automate in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems.

http://ansible.com/
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~ansible/+archive/ubuntu/ansible
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpjhg3_1oq/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpjhg3_1oq/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 7BB9C367 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpjhg3_1oq/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 7BB9C367: public key "Launchpad PPA for Ansible, Inc." imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK
Rinzwind
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I had the same issue and the following worked for me.

# Make sure the source list directory exists
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d

# Adde the Ansible sources.
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu wily main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible.list
echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu wily main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible.list

# Install Ansible
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ansible

If you're on another release you might have to change the wily to match. Check at the Ansible Launchpad page for that.

muru
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Batandwa
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It's possible that your PROXY and Firewall doesn't allow you to connect via SSH.

You could try HTTPS what is most used protocol for firewalls and proxies:

git clone https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git --recursive
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