diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index 427cee045..b884c1238 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+APT_PATH=/usr/bin    # Avoids problematic /usr/local/bin/apt on Linux Mint
 CURR_VER="undefined"    # Ansible version you currently have installed
 GOOD_VER="2.9.6"    # For XO laptops (pip install) & CentOS (yum install rpm)
 # On other OS's we attempt the latest from PPA, which might be more recent
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ elif [ -f /etc/centos-release ]; then
 elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then    # Includes Debian, Ubuntu & Raspbian
     if ! grep -q focal /etc/os-release; then
         echo -e "\napt update; install dirmngr; PPA to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list\n"
-        apt update
-        apt -y install dirmngr
+        $APT_PATH/apt update
+        $APT_PATH/apt -y install dirmngr
         echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu bionic main" \
          > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list
 
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then    # Includes Debian, Ubuntu & Raspbian
     fi
     echo -e "\napt update; apt install ansible and python3 dependencies explained at:"
     echo -e "https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/scripts/ansible.md\n"
-    apt update
-    apt -y --allow-downgrades install ansible python3-pymysql python3-psycopg2 \
+    $APT_PATH/apt update
+    $APT_PATH/apt -y --allow-downgrades install ansible python3-pymysql python3-psycopg2 \
         python3-passlib python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-venv virtualenv
 
     echo -e "\nSUCCESS: verify Ansible using 'ansible --version' and/or 'apt -a list ansible'\n\n"