Installing the deb package via ansible

Question

I am trying to install a deb package on a remote server using ansible, using the following construction

- name: Install deb
  delegate_to: app1
  apt:
    deb: https://example.com/deb/package.deb

or

- name: Install deb
  delegate_to: app1
  apt:
    deb: /path/to/deb

playbook works, says that everything is ok, but in fact the package is not installed, if you connect to a remote server and manually run apt install /path/to/deb, then the package is installed. I tried to copy deb to the server using ansible and install it by downloading the package from an Internet resource, the result is always the same

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 04 '23 at 20:44

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You have to use the privilege escalation methods become and become_method: sudo for Ansible. Installing a package need sudo privilege.

- name: Install deb
  delegate_to: app1
  apt:
    deb: /path/to/deb
  become: true

edited Aug 04 '23 at 20:44

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answered Apr 25 '22 at 07:30

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I use the -b switch, isn't that enough? – Rostislav Udaltsov Apr 25 '22 at 08:10
yes, -b should work. – KrishnaR Apr 25 '22 at 08:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '22 at 14:30

The following modification of the task helped

- name: Install deb
  command: apt install /path/to/package.deb -y --allow-downgrades

The allow_downgrade directive for the apt module appeared, starting with the ansible 2.12 version in my 2.9 it did not work, as the force directive did not work, I had to implement the task using a not very nice method.

Installing the deb package via ansible

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