ghostscript 9.25 on Ubuntu 16.04

manual-gs-9.25.yml

---
- hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  become: yes
  vars:
    packages_manual:
      - libgs9-common_9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_all.deb
      - libgs9_9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_amd64.deb
      - ghostscript_9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_amd64.deb
  tasks:
    - name: get ghostscript version
      shell: "ghostscript -v | head -1 | awk '{ print $3 }'"
      changed_when: false
      check_mode: false
      register: _ghostscript_version
    - name: Create ghostscript_version variable.
      when: _ghostscript_version.stdout != ''
      set_fact:
        ghostscript_version: "{{ _ghostscript_version.stdout.split()[0] }}"
    # this purges the existing ghostscript as well since it relies on it
    - block:
        - name: store the downloads
          file:
            dest: /srv/archives
            state: directory
        - name: Download the packages
          get_url:
            url: "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/{{ item }}"
            dest: "/srv/archives/{{ item }}"
          with_items: "{{ packages_manual }}"
        - name: remove ghostscript
          when: ghostscript_version is defined and ghostscript_version != '9.25'
          apt:
            name: libgs9-common
            state: absent
            purge: yes
        - name: Install ghostscript 9.25 manually
          apt:
            deb: "/srv/archives/{{ item }}"
          with_items: "{{ packages_manual }}"
      when: ghostscript_version is not defined or ghostscript_version != '9.25'