Failure during "Install necessities and nice-to-haves"

[dutts]

TASK [common : Install necessities and nice-to-haves] **************************
failed: [178.79.186.238] (item=[u'apache2', u'apt-transport-https', u'apticron', u'build-essential', u'debian-goodies', u'git', u'htop', u'iftop', u'iotop', u'molly-guard', u'mosh', u'python3-software-properties', u'ruby', u'screen', u'sudo', u'unattended-upgrades', u'vim', u'zsh']) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": false, "item": ["apache2", "apt-transport-https", "apticron", "build-essential", "debian-goodies", "git", "htop", "iftop", "iotop", "molly-guard", "mosh", "python3-software-properties", "ruby", "screen", "sudo", "unattended-upgrades", "vim", "zsh"], "msg": "value of state must be one of: absent, build-dep, fixed, latest, present, got: installed"}

I'm getting the above running the ansible script.

[neuhaus]

What Linux distribution (with version) are you running it on?
What version of Ansible are you using?

[codecowboy]

This could be related to the Ansible version. I just logged a separate issue when using vagrant. What ansible version are you running locally?

[ruanha]

getting the same error, Ansible version 2.9.4