No package matching 'gnupg2' is available

[asfarley]

I'm trying to use ansible-playbook to configure this role on my remote host, but I'm getting an errror:

TASK [geerlingguy.nodejs : Ensure dependencies are present.] *************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [XXXXXXXXXX.compute.amazonaws.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "No package matching 'gnupg2' is available"}

From Google, it seems that this happens if I have not updated apt packages. However, previously in my playbook, I've done this:

- name: Update all packages to the latest version
  apt: {upgrade: dist}

Shouldn't this update any necessary packages?

[asfarley]

Needed to add a repository before this role because I was using Ubuntu 18.04:

• name: Add universe repository for bionic apt_repository: repo: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic universe state: present when: ansible_distribution_release == 'bionic'

[neilyoung]

How did you do that? I can't run a task before the role

[neilyoung]

Found it: pre_task