# Apt installs failing on Debian Wheezy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [July 26, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201 "2013-07-26T15:47:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Grasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@John\_Grasty](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Grasty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/1 "2013-07-26T15:47:57Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/2 "2013-07-26T15:54:25Z")
Quick question – does it work normally from apt-get install on the command line of the same system? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Grasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@John\_Grasty](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Grasty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/3 "2013-07-26T16:15:33Z")
Well, never mind. 😃 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 ---
**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/4 "2013-07-26T16:40:04Z")
​Which means apt has interactive questions it need to ask, which you can preconfigure (dpkg-reconfigure) Serge ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/5 "2013-07-26T18:29:33Z")
And Ansible is already sending the “don’t be interactive” flags so it sounds like an issue with the package? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/6 "2013-07-26T18:44:14Z")
some packages will mandate a config even if you say ‘non interactive’, this is where preseeds and dpkg-reconfigure come in handy. ---
**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/7 "2013-07-26T18:53:27Z")
​+1 for approving a module on this; this has been a discussion more than once IIRC?​ ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/8 "2013-07-26T18:55:17Z")
on my list, closer now, probably will give a stab on it this weekend if my current modules are bug free (i can dream!). ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/9 "2013-07-26T18:57:40Z")
There has, I will remove my RHT-induced bias against the poor Debian installer system and approve it if submitted and reasonably decent 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-installs-failing-on-debian-wheezy/13201/10 "2013-07-26T19:04:35Z")
​Seems there is still hope for you :-p​