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+    # Install apache and accoutrements www, irrespective of what role they might have
+    ---
+    - name: Install wwww packages
+      apt: name={{ item }} state=present
+      with_items:
+        - aptitude
+        - git
+        - man
+        - apache2
+        - mariadb-server
+        - mariadb-client
+        - php7.0
+        - libapache2-mod-php7.0
+        - php7.0-mysql
+        - php7.0-curl
+        - php7.0-gd
+        - php7.0-intl
+        - php-pear
+        - php-imagick
+        - php7.0-imap
+        - php7.0-mcrypt
+        - php-memcache
+        - php7.0-pspell
+        - php7.0-recode
+        - php7.0-sqlite3
+        - php7.0-tidy
+        - php7.0-xmlrpc
+        - php7.0-xsl
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