ansible-personal/roles/common/tasks/packages_Ubuntu.yml

---

- name: Configure Ubuntu packages
  block:
    - name: Configure apt mirror
      ansible.builtin.template: src=sources.list.j2 dest=/etc/apt/sources.list owner=root group=root mode=0644
      when: ansible_architecture != 'armv7l'

    - name: Upgrade base OS
      ansible.builtin.apt: upgrade=dist cache_valid_time=3600

    - name: Set Ubuntu base packages
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        ubuntu_base_packages:
        - git
        - git-lfs
        - tmux
        - iotop
        - htop
        - strace
        - cron-apt
        - safe-rm
        - debian-goodies
        - mosh
        - python-pycurl # for ansible's apt_repository
        - vim
        - unzip
        - apt-transport-https # for https support in apt
        - zstd
        - rsync
        - lsof

    - name: Install base packages
      ansible.builtin.apt: pkg={{ ubuntu_base_packages }} state=present cache_valid_time=3600

    # We have to remove snaps one by one in a specific order because some depend
    # on others. Only after that can we remove the corresponding system packages.
    - name: Remove lxd snap
      community.general.snap: name=lxd state=absent
      when: ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '==')
      ignore_errors: yes

    - name: Remove core18 snap
      community.general.snap: name=core18 state=absent
      when: ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '==')
      ignore_errors: yes

    - name: Remove snapd snap
      community.general.snap: name=snapd state=absent
      when: ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '==')
      ignore_errors: yes

    - name: Set fact for packages to remove (Ubuntu <= 18.04)
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        ubuntu_annoying_packages:
          - whoopsie # security (CIS 4.1)
          - apport   # security (CIS 4.1)
          - command-not-found # annoying
          - command-not-found-data # annoying
          - python3-commandnotfound # annoying
          - snapd # annoying (Ubuntu >= 16.04)
          - lxd # annoying (Ubuntu >= 16.04)
          - lxd-client # annoying (Ubuntu >= 16.04)
          - liblxc1 # annoying (Ubuntu >= 16.04)
          - lxc-common # annoying (Ubuntu >= 16.04)
          - lxcfs #annoying (Ubuntu >= 16.04)
      when: ansible_distribution_version is version('18.04', '<=')

    - name: Set fact for packages to remove (Ubuntu 20.04)
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        ubuntu_annoying_packages:
          - whoopsie # security (CIS 4.1)
          - apport   # security (CIS 4.1)
          - command-not-found # annoying
          - command-not-found-data # annoying
          - python3-commandnotfound # annoying
          - snapd # annoying (Ubuntu >= 16.04)
          - lxd-agent-loader # annoying (Ubuntu 20.04)
      when: ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '==')

    - name: Remove packages
      ansible.builtin.apt: name={{ ubuntu_annoying_packages }} state=absent purge=yes

    - name: Disable annoying Canonical spam in MOTD
      ansible.builtin.file: path={{ item }} mode=0644 state=absent
      loop:
        - /etc/update-motd.d/99-esm # Ubuntu 14.04
        - /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text # Ubuntu 14.04+
        - /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news # Ubuntu 18.04+
        - /etc/update-motd.d/80-esm # Ubuntu 18.04+
        - /etc/update-motd.d/80-livepatch # Ubuntu 18.04+
      ignore_errors: yes

    - name: Disable annoying Canonical spam in MOTD
      ansible.builtin.systemd: name={{ item }} state=stopped enabled=no
      when: ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
      loop:
        - motd-news.service
        - motd-news.timer

    - name: Configure cron-apt
      ansible.builtin.import_tasks: cron-apt.yml
      tags: cron-apt

    - name: Install tarsnap
      ansible.builtin.import_tasks: tarsnap.yml
  tags: packages

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