Install Java 7 with Ansible on Ubuntu Linux

java7.yml

---

- name: ensure required packages are installed for Java 7
  apt: name=$item state=latest update_cache=yes
  with_items:
    - python-software-properties

- name: Add Java repository to sources
  action: apt_repository repo='ppa:webupd8team/java'

- name: Autoaccept license for Java
  action: shell echo oracle-java7-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

- name: Update APT package cache
  action: apt update_cache=yes

- name: Install Java 7
  action: apt pkg=oracle-java7-installer state=latest install_recommends=yes

- name: Set Java 7 Env
  action: apt pkg=oracle-java7-set-default state=latest install_recommends=yes

Thanks. It works!

Thanks, working for me too :-)

new:

  debconf: name='oracle-java7-installer' question='shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1' value='true' vtype='select'

deprecated:

action: shell echo ... | sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

Wish I had read further down - just worked out @tamsky's solution by myself 😄

Thanks!

To make it working (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) I had to change a detail:

- name: ensure required packages are installed for Java 7
  apt: name=$item state=latest update_cache=yes
  with_items:
    - python-software-properties

with

- name: ensure required packages are installed for Java 7
  apt: name={{item}} state=latest update_cache=yes
  with_items:
    - python-software-properties

Thanks a lot.

Thanks it worked for me too, for java 8 ... just by making some small changes.

ERROR! 'apt' is not a valid attribute for a Play