[SOLVED] Installing the deb package via ansible

Installing the deb package via ansible

I am trying to install a deb package on a remote server using ansible, using the following construction

- name: Install deb
  delegate_to: app1
  apt:
    deb: https://example.com/deb/package.deb

- name: Install deb
  delegate_to: app1
  apt:
    deb: /path/to/deb

playbook works, says that everything is ok, but in fact the package is not installed, if you connect to a remote server and manually run apt install /path/to/deb, then the package is installed. I tried to copy deb to the server using ansible and install it by downloading the package from an Internet resource, the result is always the same

Solution

The following modification of the task helped

- name: Install deb
  command: apt install /path/to/package.deb -y --allow-downgrades

The allow_downgrade directive for the apt module appeared, starting with the ansible 2.12 version in my 2.9 it did not work, as the force directive did not work, I had to implement the task using a not very nice method.