# "the directory /usr/lib/ is not empty, refusing to convert it"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-directory-usr-lib-is-not-empty-refusing-to-convert-it/22325>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-directory-usr-lib-is-not-empty-refusing-to-convert-it/22325 "2016-08-19T09:01:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mihai\_Rusan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@Mihai\_Rusan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mihai_Rusan)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-directory-usr-lib-is-not-empty-refusing-to-convert-it/22325/1 "2016-08-19T09:01:50Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to create a symlink:

file: src=/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/{{ item.src }} dest=/usr/lib/ state=link force=yes  
with\_items:

- { src: ‘libz.so’}
- { src: ‘libfreetype.so’}
- { src: ‘libjpeg.so’}

and I get:

“the directory /usr/lib/ is not empty, refusing to convert it”

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**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:** [August 19, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-directory-usr-lib-is-not-empty-refusing-to-convert-it/22325/2 "2016-08-19T15:50:55Z")

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try:

file: src=/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/{{ item.src }} dest=/usr/lib/{{ item.src }} state=link force=yes