Installing specific version of ansible from PPA

trying to install ansible 1.9 on a server. I've got the ansible-1.9 PPA installed. Here's the relevant info on my last attempt:

root@host:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll
total 60
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 26 13:44 ./
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 26 13:40 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142 Aug 26 13:40 ansible-ansible-1_9-trusty.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87 Aug 26 13:40 deb_thehost_org.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87 Aug 26 10:32 deb_thehost_org.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Aug 26 13:40 mirrors_dev_company_com_java_java_ubuntu.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Aug 26 10:32 mirrors_dev_company_com_java_java_ubuntu.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Aug 26 13:40 mirrors_dev_company_com_zabbix_3_0_ubuntu.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Aug 26 10:32 mirrors_dev_company_com_zabbix_3_0_ubuntu.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75 Aug 26 13:40 packages_elasticsearch_org_logstashforwarder_debian.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75 Aug 26 10:32 packages_elasticsearch_org_logstashforwarder_debian.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 377 Aug 26 13:40 puppetlabs-pc1.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 377 Aug 26 10:32 puppetlabs-pc1.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40 Aug 26 13:40 repo_dev_company_com.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40 Aug 26 10:32 repo_dev_company_com.list.save
root@host:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-cache madison ansible ansible | 1.9.6-1ppa~trusty | trusty/main amd64 Packages ansible | 1.7.2+dfsg-1~ubuntu14.04.1 | trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages ansible | 1.5.4+dfsg-1 | trusty/universe amd64 Packages ansible | 1.5.4+dfsg-1 | trusty/universe Sources ansible | 1.7.2+dfsg-1~ubuntu14.04.1 | trusty-backports/universe Sources
root@host:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get install ansible=1.9.6-1ppa~trusty --dry-run
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed: python-crypto python-httplib2 python-jinja2 python-markupsafe python-paramiko python-support sshpass
Suggested packages: python-crypto-dbg python-crypto-doc python-jinja2-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed: ansible python-crypto python-httplib2 python-jinja2 python-markupsafe python-paramiko python-support sshpass
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Inst python-support (1.0.15 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Inst python-markupsafe (0.18-1build2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Inst python-jinja2 (2.7.2-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Inst python-crypto (2.6.1-4build1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Inst python-paramiko (1.10.1-1git1build1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Inst python-httplib2 (0.8-2build1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Inst sshpass (1.05-1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Inst ansible (1.9.6-1ppa~trusty ansible-1.9:14.04/trusty [all])
Conf python-support (1.0.15 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Conf python-markupsafe (0.18-1build2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf python-jinja2 (2.7.2-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Conf python-crypto (2.6.1-4build1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf python-paramiko (1.10.1-1git1build1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Conf python-httplib2 (0.8-2build1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [all])
Conf sshpass (1.05-1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf ansible (1.9.6-1ppa~trusty ansible-1.9:14.04/trusty [all])
root@host:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get install ansible=1.9.6-1ppa~trusty
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed: python-crypto python-httplib2 python-jinja2 python-markupsafe python-paramiko python-support sshpass
Suggested packages: python-crypto-dbg python-crypto-doc python-jinja2-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed: ansible python-crypto python-httplib2 python-jinja2 python-markupsafe python-paramiko python-support sshpass
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,235 kB of archives.
After this operation, 7,827 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Selecting previously unselected package python-support.
(Reading database ... 124674 files and directories currently installed.)
...
Setting up ansible (1.9.6-1ppa~trusty) ...
Processing triggers for python-support (1.0.15) ...
root@host:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# ansible --version
ansible 2.1.1.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides

What am I missing? Is this an issue w/the Ansible PPA, or have I missed a step somewhere?

1 Answer

Issue turned out to be droppings leftover from previous (unintentional) 2.1.1.0 installation that are not removed with an "apt-get purge." Anyone else experiencing this issue should check: /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages for anything ansible-related post-purge. I was able to get the correct version installed by starting w/a fresh Ubuntu instance, but you should have no trouble if you clear out whatever may be leftover.