just to get initial run. not function tested (nextcloud)

roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
     - "php{{ php_version }}-mysql"
     - "php{{ php_version }}-curl"
     - "php{{ php_version }}-intl"
-    - "php{{ php_version }}-mcrypt"
+ #   - "php{{ php_version }}-mcrypt"
+    - "mcrypt"
   when: is_debuntu
 
 # we need to install the rpm in order to get the dependencies

roles/sugarizer/tasks/main.yml

@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
     - nodejs
     - npm
 
+- name: Install npm (ubuntu-18)
+  package:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  when: internet_available and is_ubuntu_18
+  with_items:
+    - npm
+
 # attempting to reinstall npm is broken on Raspbian 9
 - name: Check for Sugarizer already installed
   stat:

vars/ubuntu-18.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ systemctl_program: /bin/systemctl
 mysql_service: mysql
 apache_log: /var/log/apache2/access.log
 sshd_service: ssh
-php_version: 7.1
+php_version: 7.2
 postgresql_version: 9.6
 systemd_location: /lib/systemd/system