# Failed to install package NTP **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [July 22, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253 "2023-07-22T19:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arjungoel\_1995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@arjungoel\_1995](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arjungoel_1995)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/1 "2023-07-22T19:27:11Z")
Hi, I was just testing a basic playbook in Ansible. Here is the playbook code: ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Eggleston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@Mike\_Eggleston](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Eggleston)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/2 "2023-07-22T19:42:53Z")
ntpd? Mike ---
**Author:** ![utoddl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/utoddl/32/249_2.png) [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/3 "2023-07-22T19:45:48Z")
Maybe chrony rather than ntp? What OS is your target host running? ---
**Author:** ![Rilindo\_Foster1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rilindo\_Foster1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rilindo_Foster1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/4 "2023-07-22T19:50:15Z")
Given that the OP is using YUM resource, very likely a RHEL-like distribution, which certainly meant RHEL 8, since the NTP daemon appears to be no longer supported in that version. ---
**Author:** ![utoddl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/utoddl/32/249_2.png) [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/5 "2023-07-22T19:52:38Z")
In that case (RHEL8), definitely `chrony`. ---
**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/6 "2023-07-22T22:19:46Z")
So, concluding, nothing in this thread is ansible related, but OS specific package convention related instead 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![arjungoel\_1995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@arjungoel\_1995](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arjungoel_1995)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/7 "2023-07-23T14:35:54Z")
I have tried Chrony as well but same issue persists. ---
**Author:** ![Thanh\_Nguyen\_Duc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Thanh\_Nguyen\_Duc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thanh_Nguyen_Duc)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/8 "2023-07-23T15:37:24Z")
Try it locally by command: yum install ntpd or chrony or dnf install chrony ansible just help you to install it remotely. The error come from your local host. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Megginson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/richard_megginson/32/4540_2.png) [@Richard\_Megginson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Megginson)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/9 "2023-07-23T16:51:29Z")
If you need to manage time synchronization on an EL system (RHEL6-RHEL9, CentOS, Fedora) then I strongly encourage you to use the timesync system role [https://github.com/linux-system-roles/timesync/](https://github.com/linux-system-roles/timesync/), available in the fedora.linux\_system\_roles collection [https://galaxy.ansible.com/fedora/linux\_system\_roles](https://galaxy.ansible.com/fedora/linux_system_roles), and maintained by Miroslav Lichvar, the maintainer of chrony - this will take care of installing the right packages, managing the right services, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Rilindo\_Foster1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rilindo\_Foster1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rilindo_Foster1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-package-ntp/38253/10 "2023-07-23T17:52:57Z")
If OP is using actual Red Hat, they can directly install it via dnf/yum [ | ![shadowman-200.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/821789555521a366ade4cf1d6742480f13e37536.png) | | [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) System Roles - Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/articles/3050101) [access.redhat.com](https://access.redhat.com/articles/3050101) | ](https://access.redhat.com/articles/3050101)