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How to check via Ansible if binary is installed
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sample.yml
- name: Register maven installation status
command: which mvn
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
register: mvn_installed
- name: Check maven installation status
fail:
msg: "Maven appears to be missing, install first"
when: mvn_installed|failed
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boxrick commented Feb 4, 2019 •
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A small update on this for people who may want a more current working version:

- name: Check if gsutil is installed
  command: which gsutil
  changed_when: false
  failed_when: gsutil_installed.rc not in [0,1]
  register: gsutil_installed

- name: Return fail if it is not installed
  fail:
    msg: "GSutil is not installed, install first"
  when: gsutil_installed.rc not in [ 0 ]

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