Issue using apt with prefix

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I am using a third party yaml file to load in php packages (the yaml file can't really change) using a prefix on apt. 



# doesn't work

- name: PHP | MAIN | Install php packages - intl1
  apt: >
    pkg=php5-{{ item }}
    state=latest
  with_items: 
    - cli
    - intl
    - mcrypt
    - curl
  sudo: yes

# error

failed: [localhost] => (item=cli,intl,mcrypt,curl) => {"failed": true, "item": "cli,intl,mcrypt,curl"}
msg: No package matching 'intl' is available

# works

- name: PHP | MAIN | Install php packages - intl2
  apt: >
    pkg=php5-{{ item }}
    state=latest
  with_items: 
    - intl
    - mcrypt
    - curl
  sudo: yes



# in a perfect world (works)
2

One possible solution is to add a pkg_prefix option to the apt and yum modules.

3

Don’t prefix it for now and please make sure there is an open ticket, we can easily template the series prior to listification.

The linked commit is, I am pretty sure, not directly related.

– Michael

4

For completeness, posted at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/5166

5

If you really don’t want to expand all your package names, something like this may work for you:

  • name: set apache module package prefix
    set_fact: apache_mod_prefix=libapache2-mod-
  • name: install additional modules
    apt: pkg=“{{ apache_mod_prefix }}{{ modules|join(‘,’ + apache_mod_prefix) }}”

(where modules is an array of package suffixes)