iiab/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml

#- name: "Install 10 yum/dnf packages: avahi, avahi-tools, createrepo, linux-firmware, nss-mdns, openssl, syslog, wpa_supplicant, xml-common, yum-utils (redhat)"
#  package:
#    name:
#      - avahi
#      - avahi-tools
#      - createrepo
#      - linux-firmware
#      - nss-mdns
#      - openssl    # FC 18 does not supply, but pear requires
#      - syslog
#      - wpa_supplicant
#      - xml-common
#      - yum-utils
#    state: present
#  when: is_redhat

- name: "Install 4 deb/apt packages: exfat-fuse, exfat-utils, libnss-mdns, wpasupplicant"
  package:
    name:
      #- avahi-discover  # 2021-07-27: Commented out long ago
      #- avahi-daemon    # 2021-07-27: Holdover from the XO days and used to advertise ssh/admin-console being available via avahi-daemon
      - exfat-fuse       # Should no longer be nec with 5.4+ kernels
      - exfat-utils      # Likewise!
      #- inetutils-syslogd    # 2021-07-27: Error logging facility -- holdover from the XO days, journalctl has replaced this in newer distros
      - libnss-mdns      # 2021-07-27: Client-side library -- provides name resolution via mDNS (Multicast DNS) using Zeroconf/Bonjour e.g. Avahi
      - wpasupplicant    # 2021-07-27: Client library for connections to a WiFi AP
    state: present

# 2021-07-27: SEE ALSO 3 networking packages installed by
# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/1-prep/tasks/raspberry_pi.yml

# 2021-07-27: SEE ALSO 4 networking packages installed by
# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/2-common/tasks/network.yml

- name: "Install 18 common packages: acpid, bzip2, curl, gawk, htop, i2c-tools, logrotate, mlocate, net-tools, ntfs-3g, pandoc, pastebinit, rsync, sqlite3, tar, unzip, usbutils, wget"
  package:
    name:
      - acpid         # Daemon for ACPI (power mgmt) events
      - bzip2         # 2021-04-26: Prob not used, but can't hurt?
      - curl          # Used to install roles/nodejs and roles/nodered
      #- etckeeper    # "nobody is really using etckeeper and it's bloating the filesystem every time apt runs" per @jvonau at https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1146
      - gawk
      - htop
      - i2c-tools     # Low-level bus/chip/register/EEPROM tools e.g. for RTC
      #- iproute2     # Installed by roles/2-common/tasks/network.yml
      - logrotate
      #- lynx         # Installed by 1-prep's roles/iiab-admin/tasks/access.yml
      #- make         # 2021-07-27: Currently used by roles/pbx and no other roles
      - mlocate
      - net-tools     # 2021-04-26: @jvonau suggests possibly deleting this...unless oldtimers really want these older commands in iiab-diagnostics output?
      - ntfs-3g       # Possibly no longer nec, similar to exfat packages above?
      #- openssh-server    # ssh (Raspbian) or openssh-server (other OS's) already installed by 1-prep's roles/sshd/tasks/main.yml
      - pandoc        # For /usr/bin/iiab-refresh-wiki-docs
      - pastebinit    # For /usr/bin/iiab-diagnostics
      - rsync
      #- screen       # Installed by 1-prep's roles/iiab-admin/tasks/access.yml
      - sqlite3
      #- sudo         # Installed by 1-prep's roles/iiab-admin/tasks/sudo-prereqs.yml
      - tar
      - unzip
      #- usbmount     # Moved to roles/usb_lib/tasks/install.yml
      - usbutils      # 2021-04-26: Also move to roles/usb_lib/tasks/install.yml ?
      - wget
    state: present