install suggested packages with apt module

[rmbleeker]

Summary

The ansible.builtin.apt module has an option to install recommended packages with install_recommends, overriding the system default. I think it would be useful to add an install_suggests option to enable installing suggested packages in the same manner. Package suggestions are often documentation or optional libraries or helper programs that can be useful to users of the Ansible managed system.

Issue Type

Feature Idea

Component Name

apt

Additional Information

- name: Install apache2
  ansible.builtin.apt:
    name: apache2
    state: present
    install_suggests: yes

The above example would install apache2-doc and apache2-suexec-pristine alongside apache2 on a Debian 12 system.

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• lib/ansible/modules/apt.py

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