--- # First things first: install the basic requirements with a raw command - name: install python-apt raw: "apt-get update; apt-get install -y python python-apt lsb-release" tags: - pythonapt - name: Install python-software-properties apt: pkg=python-software-properties state=installed tags: - pythonapt - name: Install software-properties-common on quantal distributions apt: pkg=software-properties-common state=installed when: is_quantal tags: - pythonapt