I’m fairly new to Ansible. I really like it but can’t get past this show stopper. If anyone can offer any hints, I sure would appreciate it. The package I’m trying to install is my own. Something may be wrong with it but it installs fine with apt-get. Normal packages install OK.
Running apt-get install from the shell works but running apt does not work. apt is like a black box. I can’t find any way to debug it. I can find messages in /var/log/auth.log. They all look good. syslog has:
Apr 11 10:56:46 station1 ansible-apt: Invoked with dpkg_options=force-confdef,force-confold upgrade=None force=False package=m9kpdc-static purge=False state=installed update_cache=False pkg=m9kpdc-static default_release=None install_recommends=True cache_valid_time=None
Nothing gets written to /var/log/dpkg.log
Versions:
ansible: 1.5.4
All hosts: Ubuntu 12.04LTS
Details
Installing a package with apt fails:
dfr@master:~$ ansible station1 -m apt -a “pkg=m9kpdc-static state=installed”
station1 | FAILED >> {
“failed”: true,
“msg”: “No package matching ‘m9kpdc-static’ is available”
}
Installing a package with apt-get works:
dfr@master:~$ ansible station1 -m shell -a “apt-get install m9kpdc-static” -K
sudo password:
station1 | success | rc=0 >>
Reading package lists…
Building dependency tree…
Reading state information…
The following NEW packages will be installed:
m9kpdc-static:i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1068 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package m9kpdc-static:i386.
(Reading database … 78241 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking m9kpdc-static:i386 (from …/m9kpdc-static_2.2_i386.deb) …
Processing triggers for ureadahead …
Setting up m9kpdc-static:i386 (2.2) …
Post-install starting m9kpdc
Package is available: