configure.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo

  tasks:
#    - name: "Add {{ item.name }} repo to apt"
#      apt_repository:
#        repo: "{{ item.repo }}"
#        state: present
#        update_cache: yes
#      loop:
#        - { name: 'Gazebo', repo: 'deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable' }
#        - { name: 'Java/Oracle', repo: 'ppa:webupd8team/java'} # Required for oracle-java8-installer

#    # Adds whatever key it finds at the URL to apt's keyring.
#    - name: "Add Gazebo apt key"
#      apt_key:
#        url: "http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key"
#        state: present

    - name: "Install {{ item.name }}"
      package:
        name: "{{ item.name }}"
        state: present
      loop:
        - { name: "curl" }            # Used by rust install script
        - { name: "build-essential" } # Installs gcc, g++, and make
        - { name: "oracle-java8-installer" }  # Necessary for ?
        - { name: "clang-format"  }   # Required for a later script (may remove if can find way around)
        - { name: "gazebo9" }     # Works because repo was added to apt - shows airplane
        - { name: "gazebo9-dev" } # Added pkg for developers - Necessary ?
        - { name: "meson" }       # Used to build repo executables (esp UxAS)
        - { name: "ninja" }       # Used by meson to build repo executables
        - { name: "ant" }         # Used to build java executables
        # - { name: "libzmq3-dev"   } # Is pulled later?
        #- { name: "openjdk-11-jdk" } # May actually need java 8 not 11 TODO: Verify
        # - { name: "manpages-dev" } # Not strictly required


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