Apt installs failing on Debian Wheezy.

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Hi,

I love the concept of Ansible, and I seem to be getting it down. I have run into one snag. I was attempting to install iptables-persistent via the apt module, and it failed with this error:

msg: 'apt-get install ‘iptables-persistent’ ’ failed: iptables-persistent failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I also ran into this error when attempting to install fail2ban. I have tried it as root and as a sudo user.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the great product!

Thanks,
John Grasty

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Quick question – does it work normally from apt-get install on the command line of the same system?

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Well, never mind. :smiley:

I just did a fresh install of the OS on my VPS, and it failed from the command line as well. Sorry for the trouble, and thanks for the quick response.

Thanks,
John Grasty

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​Which means apt has interactive questions it need to ask, which you can
preconfigure (dpkg-reconfigure)

Serge

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And Ansible is already sending the “don’t be interactive” flags so it sounds like an issue with the package?

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some packages will mandate a config even if you say ‘non interactive’, this is where preseeds and dpkg-reconfigure come in handy.

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​+1 for approving a module on this; this has been a discussion more than
once IIRC?​

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on my list, closer now, probably will give a stab on it this weekend if my current modules are bug free (i can dream!).

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There has, I will remove my RHT-induced bias against the poor Debian installer system and approve it if submitted and reasonably decent :slight_smile:

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​Seems there is still hope for you :-p​