--- - hosts: localhost tasks: - name: Ensure ~/.terminfo directory exists file: path: "{{ ansible_facts.env.HOME }}/.terminfo" state: directory - name: Create temporary file to store terminfo source tempfile: register: tempfile - name: Populate temporary file with terminfo source copy: dest: "{{ tempfile.path }}" content: | # From [[info:efaq#Colors%20on%20a%20TTY][Colors on a TTY]] # Use colon separators. screen-24bit|screen with 24-bit direct color mode, use=screen-256color, setb24=\E[48:2:%p1%{65536}%/%d:%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d:%p1%{255}%&%dm, setf24=\E[38:2:%p1%{65536}%/%d:%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d:%p1%{255}%&%dm, # Use semicolon separators. screen-24bits|screen with 24-bit direct color mode, use=screen-256color, setb24=\E[48;2;%p1%{65536}%/%d;%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d;%p1%{255}%&%dm, setf24=\E[38;2;%p1%{65536}%/%d;%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d;%p1%{255}%&%dm, - name: Compile terminfo with system tic command: tic -x {{ tempfile.path }} - name: Remove temporary file file: state: absent path: "{{ tempfile.path }}"