# Found bug in "apt\_rpm" module, fixed it. Not sure how to help. **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** rhel\ **Created:** [January 7, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/found-bug-in-apt-rpm-module-fixed-it-not-sure-how-to-help/23404 "2017-01-07T20:48:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pallenrupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@pallenrupp](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pallenrupp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/found-bug-in-apt-rpm-module-fixed-it-not-sure-how-to-help/23404/1 "2017-01-07T20:48:28Z")
Hello, this is my first post to the ansible community. I’m a newby to Ansible, but a very experienced python developer. Anyway, after installing the latest Ansible 2.2.2.0, I tried out a simple module call to verify if a RPM package existed on some RHEL 6/7 systems. Anyway, the module failed, with the error: “cannot find /usr/bin/apt-get and/or /usr/bin/rpm” My first curiosity was to figure out what python module they used to execute “rpm” or “apt-get”, and see what path it used (if any) and how to correct. Somebody else had a similar problem, and the answers coming back were focusing on the user’s PATH or SUDO configuration, but there was never a resolution. (That post is here → [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/executable$20not$20found%7Csort:relevance/ansible-project/zl6l6i0bBMc/vFCNiEYq3-IJ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/executable$20not$20found%7Csort:relevance/ansible-project/zl6l6i0bBMc/vFCNiEYq3-IJ) Anyway, I , decided to take a look at “apt\_rpm.py” directly, and lo and behold, I think I found the problem. In the very beginning of the “main()” function, the author tries determine if either “apt-get” or “rpm” are available…and if so continue on, or FAIL if not. Makes sense? However, way the if conditional was written is kind of confusing, and I believe it exits with a FAIL if only the ‘apt-get’ is missing, which I encounter on a RHEL system. To make a long story short, I rewrote the if conditional to be a little clearer, and IT WORKS!. Here’s what I did: Replace: 153 if not os.path.exists(APT\_PATH) or not os.path.exists(RPM\_PATH): 154 module.fail\_json(msg=“cannot find /usr/bin/apt-get and/or /usr/bin/rpm”) With… 153 if (os.path.exists(APT\_PATH) or os.path.exists(RPM\_PATH)): 154 pass 155 else: 156 module.fail\_json(msg=“cannot find /usr/bin/apt-get and/or /usr/bin/rpm”) I believe this bug has existed from v1.5, and kind of surprised it hasn’t been found. Let me know how I can either: 1. Who or how should I get this to an existing Ansible developer to look at? 2. Please direct me to how I can become an ansible developer and start writing high-quality code to help you’alls out. 🙂 Thank You Peter ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/found-bug-in-apt-rpm-module-fixed-it-not-sure-how-to-help/23404/2 "2017-01-09T18:20:35Z")
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