Ansible: enable Ubuntu multiverse and install mscorefonts

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Here a quick snippet, which would have saved me time today: installing the Microsoft fonts on an Ubuntu system.

First, enabling Multiverse and updating:

- apt_repository:
    repo: "{{item}}"
  register: multiverse_installed
  update_cache: false  # We will do ourselfs afterwards
  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
  with_items:
    - 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu {{ansible_distribution_release}} multiverse'
    - 'deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu {{ansible_distribution_release}} multiverse'
    - 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu {{ansible_distribution_release}}-updates multiverse'
    - 'deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu {{ansible_distribution_release}}-updates multiverse'

- apt:
    update_cache: true
  when: multiverse_installed | changed

Second, installing fonts, but accepting the license before (based on this gist):

- apt:
    pgk: '{{item}}'
  with_items:
    - libfreetype6
    - libfreetype6-dev
    - libfontconfig
- name: 'Accept License'
  shell: 'echo ttf-mscorefonts-installer msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula select true | sudo debconf-set-selections'
- apt: pkg=ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Done!

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