- name: Copy constraints file copy: src: constraints.txt dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt" - name: Install pexpect with --user pip: name: pexpect extra_args: '--user --constraint "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"' state: present ignore_errors: yes # fails when inside a virtual environment register: pip_user - name: Install pexpect pip: name: pexpect extra_args: '--constraint "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"' state: present when: pip_user is failed