Error saying msg unsupported parameter for module deb

Question

This documentation snippet tells that the aptitute module allows installation from .deb file, like this:

# Install a .deb package
- apt: deb=/tmp/mypackage.deb

I get the following message when I run it. 

- name: install riak
  apt: deb=/data/riak/riak.deb update_cache=no

produces this output:

TASK: [riak | install riak] *************************************************** 
failed: [riak-server-1] => {"failed": true}
msg: unsupported parameter for module: deb

Answer 1

Hey @Laksha, I think an older version of Ansible is blocking your task. Uninstall the older version and reinstall it. 

sudo apt-get remove ansible