Package: python3-apt Version: 1.8.4 Severity: normal Tags: patch Please add `Recommends: xz-utils`. I happended to stumble into the same problem as reported here: https://github.com/geerlingguy/docker-ubuntu1804-ansible/issues/7
The solution recommended there is to install `xz-utils`. After installing `xz-utils` I can report that the `ansible` playbook run succeeded. I am thus assuming that `ansible-playbook` depends on `python3-apt` on the remote machine, which apparently depends on `xz-utils` to manipulate or manage `*.deb` packages. Is my analysis correct? If so then please add the `Recommends: xz-utils` dependency. *t -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=de_CH.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_CH:de (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages python3-apt depends on: ii libapt-inst2.0 1.8.2 ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.8.2 ii libc6 2.28-10 ii libgcc1 1:8.3.0-6 ii libstdc++6 8.3.0-6 ii python-apt-common 1.8.4 ii python3 3.7.3-1 Versions of packages python3-apt recommends: ii iso-codes 4.2-1 ii lsb-release 10.2019051400 Versions of packages python3-apt suggests: ii apt 1.8.2 pn python-apt-doc <none> pn python3-apt-dbg <none> -- no debconf information