Needs discussion

roles/kolibri/tasks/install.yml

@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
       state: absent
       path: "{{ kolibri_exec_path }}"
     when: sym.stat.islnk is defined and sym.stat.islnk
+
+  # should not get here if the deb was uninstalled in pip-install.yml
+  - name: Remove kolibre deb if installed
+    apt:
+      name: kolibri
+      state: "absent"
+    when: sym.stat.islnk is defined and sym.stat.islnk
   # end test
 
   - name: Remove virtual environment {{ kolibri_venv_path }} if present
@@ -146,6 +153,12 @@
 #     codename: focal    # UPDATE THIS TO 'jammy' AFTER "RasPiOS Bookworm" (based on Debian 12) IS RELEASED! (ETA Q3 2023)
 #   when: is_debian or is_linuxmint_20
 
+# Needs discussiion
+# --reinstalls should work uninstall then install
+# - name: Remove kolibre deb if installed
+#   apt:
+#     name: kolibri
+#     state: "absent"
 
 # 2024-08-07: Hack no longer needed!  As Kolibri 0.17.0 now installs via "kolibri" PPA (https://launchpad.net/~learningequality/+archive/ubuntu/kolibri).
 # Hopefully "kolibri-proposed" PPA will install 0.18 pre-releases soon, on Python 3.13 too!  https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/issues/11892