Ansible task to build i3status

build-i3status.yaml

---

- name: register i3status version
  shell: i3status --version | cut -d' ' -f2
  ignore_errors: yes
  register: i3status_version_command

- name: build i3status from source
  block:
    - name: install dependencies
      apt:
        name:
          - autoconf
          - libconfuse-dev
          - libyajl-dev
          - libasound2-dev
          - libiw-dev
          - asciidoc
          - libpulse-dev
          - libnl-genl-3-dev
    - name: create temporary directory for i3status repo
      tempfile:
        state: directory
        suffix: i3status
      register: i3status_tmpdir
    - name: checkout git repo
      git:
        repo: https://github.com/i3/i3status.git
        version: "{{ i3status_version }}"
        dest: "{{ i3status_tmpdir.path }}"
    - name: run autoreconf
      shell: autoreconf -fi
      args:
        chdir: "{{ i3status_tmpdir.path }}"
    - name: create temp directory for i3status build
      file:
        path: "{{ i3status_tmpdir.path }}/build"
        state: directory
    - name: configure and build i3status
      shell: "{{ item }}"
      args:
        chdir: "{{ i3status_tmpdir.path }}/build"
      with_items:
        - "../configure"
        - "make -j{{ ansible_facts.processor_cores }}"
        - "make install"
  always:
    - name: cleanup
      file:
        path: "{{ i3status_tmpdir.path }}"
        state: absent
  when: >
    i3status_version_command.rc != 0
    or i3status_version_command.stdout != i3status_version