Corrected apt-get output

Question

I am using a downloadable tramp to automatically install a bunch of programs on an ubuntu image. One program cannot install on a roaming virtual machine. In the file VagrantI have

config.vm.provision :ansible do |ansible|
  ansible.verbose = "vvv"
  ansible.playbook = "provisioning/playbook.yml"
end

but verbose output does not include output apt-get. My playbook.yml looks like

---
- hosts: all
  sudo: true
  tasks:
    - name: get vi
      apt: state=latest name=vim  

As I can see the console output of an individual (or all) apt-get installon the virtual machine, since ansible instead displays each installation in the format

TASK: [Install vim] *********************************************************** 
failed: [default] => {"failed": true}
...

Answer 1

You can register apt module execution output to a variable, and then print it.

- hosts: localhost
  sudo: true
  tasks:
    - name: get vi
      apt: state=latest name=vim
      register: aptout

    # show the content of aptout var
    - debug: var=aptout

Answer 2

Reproducing stdoutfromapt

stdout apt …

---
- name: 'apt: update & upgrade'
  apt:
    update_cache: yes
    cache_valid_time: 3600
    upgrade: safe
  register: apt
- debug: msg={{ apt.stdout.split('\n')[:-1] }}

… .split('\n') , .split('\n') [:-1], , , Python.

"msg": [
    "Reading package lists...", 
    "Building dependency tree...", 
    "Reading state information...", 
    "Reading extended state information...", 
    "Initializing package states...", 
    "Building tag database...", 
    "No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.", 
    "0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.", 
    "Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.", 
    "Reading package lists...", 
    "Building dependency tree...", 
    "Reading state information...", 
    "Reading extended state information...", 
    "Initializing package states...", 
    "Building tag database..."
]

Answer 3

In the version I'm currently using, ansible-playbook -vit seems sufficient to get apt output. Admittedly, I have not tested glitches. The output is in the form of JSON, which makes it a little difficult to read (how another answer works).

The tested version I was 2.3.2.0.