--- - name: Ensure packages defined in install_packages are installed ansible.builtin.apt: name: "{{ install_packages }}" state: present update_cache: true - name: Ensure packages defined in backports_packages are installed when: backports_packages is defined block: - name: Enable backports ansible.builtin.apt_repository: repo: "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports main" filename: backports - name: Install backports packages ansible.builtin.apt: name: "{{ backports_packages }}" state: present default_release: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports"