# apt module is not installing anything if package source is standard apt repository

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-not-installing-anything-if-package-source-is-standard-apt-repository/27652>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-not-installing-anything-if-package-source-is-standard-apt-repository/27652 "2018-05-28T14:04:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![f.floimair.commend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@f.floimair.commend](https://forum.ansible.com/u/f.floimair.commend)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-not-installing-anything-if-package-source-is-standard-apt-repository/27652/1 "2018-05-28T14:04:36Z")

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Hi!

I’m having an issue with the apt module and my playbook with Ansible 2.5.3 (2.5.2 is behaving the same).

I’m running the following playbook snippet:

tasks:

- name: Install packages required for VMs  
apt:  
name {{ item }} state=present  
with\_items:
- cifs-utils
- etckeeper

The output for all packages is “OK” as if it would be already installed, but it is not.  
A later step that mounts a cifs share fails because cifs-utils is in fact not installed (if I run apt-get install cifs-utils directly on the host it would install it, therefore it wasn’t there before).

Any hint what might be the problem here?

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**Author:** ![f.floimair.commend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@f.floimair.commend](https://forum.ansible.com/u/f.floimair.commend)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-not-installing-anything-if-package-source-is-standard-apt-repository/27652/2 "2018-05-28T14:05:22Z")

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Just as a follow-up:

If i install a .deb package directly that works flawlessly. Only if the source is the regular apt list, then this happens

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-not-installing-anything-if-package-source-is-standard-apt-repository/27652/3 "2018-05-28T14:09:13Z")

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Syntax error, missing equal sign after name.

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**Author:** ![f.floimair.commend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@f.floimair.commend](https://forum.ansible.com/u/f.floimair.commend)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-not-installing-anything-if-package-source-is-standard-apt-repository/27652/4 "2018-05-28T14:17:49Z")

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Oh man, i feel stupid.

That did the trick.

Thanks a lot!